St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School
Address
Fossedale Avenue Bristol , BS14 9LS England
Coordinates	51°24′57″N 2°33′45″W / 51.415846°N 2.562422°W / 51.415846; -2.562422
Information
Type	Voluntary aided secondary school
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1958
Local authority	Bristol City Council
Department for Education URN	109331 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Head teacher	Ed Walker
Gender	Mixed
Age	11 to 16
Enrolment	735
Capacity	750
Publication	The Bernard
Website	http://www.stberns.bristol.sch.uk/

St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School is a coeducational Catholic, voluntary aided secondary school in Whitchurch, a suburb in the south of Bristol, England. It is located next to St Bernadette Catholic Primary School and the local parish church.

History

St Berns, as the school is colloquially known, was founded in 1958 and named after Saint Bernadette. It was the second new Catholic school established in Bristol after World War II.^[1] In 2009-10 it underwent renovation through the "Building Schools for the Future" programme.^[2]

Academic achievement

St. Bernadette's is a specialist school for maths and ICT.

The school has improved its results between the period 2008 to 2011 and achieved its best ever GCSE scores in 2011, the table below shows the percentage of students hitting the key measure of 5 A*-C including English and Mathematics.^[3]

Notable former pupils

• Dawn Bowden, Welsh Labour politician and Member of the Welsh Assembly for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
• Claudia Fragapane, Olympic Gymnast
• Tommy Doherty, footballer
• Neil Palmer, Writer
• Bobby Hodges, Dancer