Ashton Park School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,272 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.8
Voluntary aided school
St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School
- Pupils on roll
- 753of 750 places
- Free school meals
- 26.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 146
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained, 8 January 2025Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School has no sixth form. Of the 145 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 37% moved to a sixth form college, 35% to a further education college and 9% started an apprenticeship.
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 9% of leavers started one, roughly three times the England figure of 3%.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 37% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 95% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Bristol, City of and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Bristol, City of | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 145 | 4,008 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 81% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 8% | 40% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 37% | 12% | 13% |
| — further education college | 35% | 30% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 9% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Bristol, City of | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 44.5 | 46.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 64% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 23% | 36% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.77 | 4.10 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 27% | 33% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 34.7 | 33.8 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 48.1 | 52.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 19% | 20% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 143 | 98% | 88% | 7% | 22% | 70% |
| English Language | 143 | 98% | 89% | 10% | 20% | 68% |
| English Literature | 139 | 95% | 86% | 12% | 21% | 77% |
| Religious Studies | 139 | 95% | 31% | 18% | 32% | 60% |
| Combined Science | 107 | 73% | 65% | 4% | 9% | 56% |
| History | 87 | 60% | 41% | 18% | 26% | 64% |
| Geography | 57 | 39% | 41% | 14% | 25% | 74% |
| Physics | 33 | 23% | 23% | 21% | 46% | 91% |
| Spanish | 33 | 23% | 19% | 30% | 27% | 70% |
| Chemistry | 33 | 23% | 23% | 36% | 47% | 97% |
| Biology | 33 | 23% | 23% | 27% | 45% | 100% |
| Fine Art | 24 | 16% | 9% | 13% | 28% | 71% |
| Computer Science | 19 | 13% | 13% | 37% | 30% | 89% |
| Drama | 9 | 6% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 56% |
| French | 9 | 6% | 18% | 22% | 29% | 78% |
| Music | 6 | 4% | 5% | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| Russian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Business Management | 51 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 35 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 35 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 19 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 7 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Bristol, City of
Bedminster Down School
Academy converter · 1,022 pupils
66% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.7
Blaise High School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 914 pupils
73% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.0
Bridge Learning Campus
Academy sponsor led · 1,202 pupils
73% stayed in education · Attainment 8 34.6
Bristol Brunel Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,267 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.6
Bristol Cathedral Choir School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,192 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.6
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.