Academy converter · Primary
Blackpool · FY2 9BY · Blackpool
Ages 2–11
Status: Open
0.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 151273
St. Bernadette's Catholic Primary School
Academy converter · Blackpool · FY2 0AJ
Ages 5–11 · 184 pupils · Blackpool
Ofsted
School remains Good
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2022-07-06
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill88%
184 pupils · 210 places
- Pupils on roll
- 184
- Boys / girls
- 92 / 92
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 184 / 210 (88%)
- Free school meals
- 17.9%
- FSM pupils
- 33
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 5–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Diocese of Lancaster
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE BLESSED EDWARD BAMBER CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE BLESSED EDWARD BAMBER CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- Diocese of Lancaster
- Headteacher
- Mrs Louise Woolfall
Location
- Address
- Devonshire Road, Bispham
- Postcode
- FY2 0AJ
- Town
- Blackpool
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Blackpool
- District
- Blackpool
- Constituency
- Blackpool North and Fleetwood
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 5–11, in Blackpool, Blackpool, 184 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 17.9%. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Diocese of Lancaster.
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Louise Woolfall
- Telephone
- 01253353641