St Bernard's Roman Catholic Primary & Nursery School

Primary school in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester. Standards maintained (Mar 2025).

Latest graded inspection

Inspected 25 February 2020, report published 23 June 2020, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.

Good overall. The school was doing well. The most common grade under the previous system. 76% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Good.

Grades for each area
Area	Grade
Quality of education	Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management	Outstanding
Early years	Good
Safeguarding effective	Yes

These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.

Since then: ungraded inspection

Inspected 12 March 2025, report published 7 May 2025.

Standards maintained

An ungraded inspection is a shorter visit to check that a school is still at the grade it was given at its last full inspection. It doesn’t award a new grade. More about ungraded inspections.

Next inspection: around March 2029

The last inspection was in March 2025. Schools are usually inspected about every four years.

An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2030 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.

Nearby primary schools

0.3 milesWolverham Primary and Nursery School
Primary, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester
Report card, Jun 2026: 4 strong, 3 expected
0.3 milesThe Oaks Community Primary School
Primary, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester
Requires improvement (Jul 2024)
0.6 milesCambridge Road Community Primary and Nursery School
Primary, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester
Good (Oct 2023)
0.7 milesWhitby Heath Primary School
Primary, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Feb 2025)
0.7 milesEllesmere Port Christ Church CofE Primary School
Primary, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester
School remains Good (Dec 2022)

Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.