St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School | |
Coordinates: | 51.4158°N -2.5624°W |
Established: | 1958 |
Religious Affiliation: | Roman Catholic |
Head: | Ed Walker |
Address: | Fossedale Avenue |
City: | Bristol |
Country: | England |
Postcode: | BS14 9LS |
Local Authority: | Bristol City Council |
Dfeno: | 801/4801 |
Urn: | 109331 |
Ofsted: | yes |
Capacity: | 750 |
Enrolment: | 735 |
Gender: | Mixed |
Lower Age: | 11 |
Upper Age: | 16 |
Publication: | The Bernard |
Website: | http://www.stberns.bristol.sch.uk/ |
St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School is a coeducational Catholic, voluntary aided secondary school in Whitchurch, a suburb in the south of Bristol, England. It is located next to St Bernadette Catholic Primary School and the local parish church.
St Berns, as the school is colloquially known, was founded in 1958 and named after Saint Bernadette. It was the second new Catholic school established in Bristol after World War II.[1] In 2009-10 it underwent renovation through the "Building Schools for the Future" programme.[2]
St. Bernadette's is a specialist school for maths and ICT.
The school has improved its results between the period 2008 to 2011 and achieved its best ever GCSE scores in 2011, the table below shows the percentage of students hitting the key measure of 5 A*-C including English and Mathematics.[3]