Primary school in Blackpool
St. Bernadette's Catholic Primary School
Devonshire Road, Bispham, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY2 0AJ
Ofsted
Remained Good at its last ungraded inspection, on 18 May 2022.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 4 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 184
- Places
- 210
- How full
- 88% full — 184 of 210 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 92 / 92
- Overall absence
- 5%
- Persistently absent
- 10%
primary schools average 5.2%
primary schools average 12.8% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions
- Free school meals, last 6 years
- 15%
- English as an additional language
- 7%
- With an EHC plan
- 2%
- On SEN support
- 13%
England 25.7%
England 18.7%
England 3.5%
England 15%
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Blackpool 002B, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 22%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 22%
- Households owning their home
- 77%
- Households in social housing
- 4%
- Households with no car
- 23%
- Adults economically inactive
- 49%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 5–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- THE BLESSED EDWARD BAMBER CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Louise Woolfall
- Local authority
- Blackpool
- Ward
- Ingthorpe
- Constituency
- Blackpool North and Fleetwood
- URN
- 151273
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westcliff Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Good 2022 | 79% | 0.2 mi |
| Bispham Endowed Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | No grade | 52% | 0.4 mi |
| Moor Park Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | 44% | 0.6 mi |
| Kincraig Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2022 | 79% | 0.7 mi |
| Norbreck Primary AcademyAcademy converter | No grade | 47% | 0.8 mi |
| Anchorsholme Primary AcademyAcademy converter | No grade | 53% | 1.1 mi |
| Carleton St Hilda's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Good 2023 | 76% | 1.3 mi |
| St Teresa's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 43% | 1.4 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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