St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C69
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Walsall, WS8 6HX
- Distance
- 0.4km away
St James Academy
Great Charles Street, Brownhills, Walsall, WS8 6AE
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
236
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
School history and successor
Continues from St James Primary School (URN 131581) since 1 September 2025. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 37.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 7.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 67.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 63.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 63.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 74.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 105.0
- Cohort Size
- 27
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 224
- Capacity
- 236 (0% full)
- SEND
- 28.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 51.2%
- EAL
- 6.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 11.6%
- SEN Support
- 17.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 12.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,430/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 83.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 5.8%
- White Other: 3.6%
- Asian Indian: 2.2%
- White Irish: 1.3%
- Mixed Other: 0.9%
- Asian Other: 0.9%
- Black African: 0.9%
83.5%
White British
5.8%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
3.6%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 151996
- UKPRN
- 10098543
- Establishment No.
- 2248
- Trust
- LIGHTHOUSE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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