St Bernard's Catholic High School | Secondary in Barrow-in-Furness, Westmorland and Furness | Ofsted & DfE

62%

GCSE 9–4 · 2018/19

40%

GCSE 5+ · 2018/19

43.8

Attainment 8 · 2018/19

-0.27

Progress 8 · 2018/19

EBacc entry · 2018/19

582.0

EBacc APS · 2018/19

715

Pupils · 2020/21

EAL · 2020/21

62%

GCSE 9–4 · 2018/19

40%

GCSE 5+ · 2018/19

43.8

Attainment 8 · 2018/19

-0.27

Progress 8 · 2018/19

EBacc entry · 2018/19

582.0

EBacc APS · 2018/19

715

Pupils · 2020/21

EAL · 2020/21

62%

GCSE 9–4 · 2018/19

40%

GCSE 5+ · 2018/19

43.8

Attainment 8 · 2018/19

-0.27

Progress 8 · 2018/19

EBacc entry · 2018/19

582.0

EBacc APS · 2018/19

715

Pupils · 2020/21

EAL · 2020/21

Closed school

This school is closed. The latest DfE performance data shown is from 2018/19.

Local authorityPre-LGR 2023 Cumbria

PhaseSecondary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio18.9:1

AdmissionsNon-selective

Religious characterRoman Catholic

StatusClosed

Overview of St Bernard's Catholic High School · Secondary · Pre-LGR 2023 Cumbria

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 4 · 2018/19 · trend since 2016/17

GCSE 9–4 incl. Eng & maths

62%

-5pp

75%69%62%

'17'18'19

'19 · 62%

GCSE 5+ incl. Eng & maths

40%

-6pp

53%47%40%

'17'18'19

'19 · 40%

Attainment 8

43.8

-1.2

48.546.143.8

'17'18'19

'19 · 43.8

Progress 8

-0.27

-0.1

-0.1-0.2-0.3

'17'18'19

'19 · -0.3

EBacc entry

-8pp

12%8%4%

'17'18'19

'19 · 4%

EBacc APS

582.0

-15.2

597.2589.6582.0

'18'19

'19 · 582.0

Progress 8 compared with other schools

Progress 8-0.27

Below average

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Pupils & context

2020/21

Pupils on roll

715

Pupil : teacher ratio

18.9

EAL

FSM eligible

26%

SEN

17%

Overall absence

—

Persistent absence

—

Contact

Address

Rating Lane, Barrow-in-Furness, LA13 9LE

Local authority

Pre-LGR 2023 Cumbria

Website

—

Telephone

—

History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Secondary — Key Stage 4

GCSE attainment and Progress 8 — how pupils progressed from KS2 to KS4.

Year	GCSE 9–4	GCSE 5+	Attainment 8	Progress 8	EBacc entry	EBacc APS	EBacc lang entry	Cohort
2018/19	62%	40%	43.8	-0.27	4%	582.0	11%	729
2017/18	67%	46%	45.0	-0.18	12%	597.2	19%	734
2016/17	75%	53%	48.5	-0.08	6%	—	9%	762

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2020/21	715	18.9	17%	4%	26%	—	—
2018/19	729	18.0	12%	4%	26%	6%	18%
2017/18	734	16.2	11%	4%	25%	6%	16%
2016/17	762	15.8	9%	4%	24%	5%	15%