St Bernard's Catholic High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Rotherham
Herringthorpe Valley Road, Rotherham, S65 3BE
69
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 20/02/2024
Application demand
58%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
94.2%
14.9% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
818
Capacity used
Over capacity112%
730 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
58%
1st preference success rate
148 of 255 families who put it first got an offer
149
Places offered
422
Total applications
2.8
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 255 | 148 | ● 58% |
| 2nd preference | 110 | 1 | ● 1% |
| 3rd preference | 57 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 422 | 149 | 35% |
1st preference success by year
Rotherham lets families list 3 preferences. 9 applications came from outside the council area (5 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Andrew Riding
- Address
- Herringthorpe Valley Road, Rotherham, S65 3BE
- Phone
- 01709828183
- Local authority
- Rotherham
- Ward / constituency
- Sitwell · Rother Valley
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 138329
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 23% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 14% | — | — |
| SEN support | 16% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ST FRANCIS CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
818 pupils · 730 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
20 February 2024
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessPersonal development Outstanding Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 838 pupils
Attendance
94.2%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
5.8%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
14.9%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
1.4%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.6%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 48.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.32 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 49% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 68% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.95 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 48.9 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 42.9% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 66.3% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 25.8% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.08 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 163 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Literature | 167 | 19% | 57% | 75% | |
| Mathematics | 164 | 17% | 49% | 71% | |
| English Language | 163 | 21% | 56% | 74% | |
| Religious Studies | 159 | 35% | 64% | 82% | |
| Combined Science | 129 | 2% | 30% | 53% | |
| History | 87 | 28% | 56% | 68% | |
| Art and Design | 60 | 27% | 72% | 93% | |
| Geography | 58 | 29% | 52% | 67% | |
| Design & Technology | 37 | 5% | 22% | 38% | |
| Spanish | 35 | 9% | 51% | 77% | |
| Biology | 32 | 56% | 88% | 100% | |
| Physics | 32 | 41% | 94% | 100% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Rotherham council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.