Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 7 November 2023
Compared with the local authority and England
Attainment 8 scores a pupil's best 8 GCSE results, out of about 90. Progress 8 compares those results with pupils who started secondary school at the same level: 0 is average.
| Measure | School | Slough | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 77.3 | 53.1 | 46.1 |
Grade 4 is a standard pass; grade 5 is a strong pass.
| Measure | School | Slough | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 98% | 58% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 99% | 72% | 65% |
| 5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4, including English and maths | 99% | 69% | 60% |
The EBacc is English, maths, science, a language, and history or geography. It is a set of subjects rather than a qualification.
| Measure | School | Slough | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entering the EBacc | 97% | 52% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 7.3 | 4.8 | 4.1 |
Based on 158 pupils at the end of key stage 4.
School workforce census, 2025/26.
Ofsted’s survey of parents at this school
96%
of parents would recommend this school to another parent
337 responses up to 2 September 2024 · 30% response rate
My child is happy at this school.
98% agreeMy child feels safe at this school.
99% agreeThe school makes sure its pupils are well behaved.
96% agreeMy child has been bullied and the school dealt with the bullying quickly and effectively.
39% agreeThe school makes me aware of what my child will learn during the year.
93% agreeSt Bernard's Catholic Grammar School was graded Outstanding at its last Ofsted inspection, on 7 November 2023.
Apply through the council where you live by 31 October in your child's Year 6, for a place starting the following September. You apply to your home council even if St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School is in another council's area, and can usually list between 3 and 6 schools in order of preference. Offers are sent on 1 March, or the next working day. St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School is a grammar school, so your child must also sit its entrance test, usually in September of Year 6. You register for the test separately, normally in the summer term of Year 5. As a Roman Catholic school it may also ask for a supplementary form, and its admissions policy says whether it does.
No. Distance only counts when St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School has more applicants than places. Then its admission criteria, set by its governing body, decide who is offered a place first. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance or a catchment area. As a Roman Catholic school, it can give priority to children on grounds of faith. As a grammar school, it only offers places to children who reach the pass mark in its entrance test. How far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School had 1,133 pupils aged 11 to 18 at the latest school census. Its official capacity is 894. It is a mixed school with a sixth form.