St Bede's Catholic High School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Requires improvement Jun 16 2022 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 16 y.o.
- Type
- Local authority maintained schools
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Unique reference
- 119792
- Address
- St Anne's Road, L39 4TA
- Website
- http://www.sbchs.co.uk/
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 707 (99% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 48.4%
- Girls
- 51.6%
- First language not English
- 1.6%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 7.1%
- Persistent absence
- 18.0%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 8.2%
White British 94.1%
Mixed 3.1%
Other White 1%
Irish 0.7%
Other Asian 0.6%
Indian 0.3%
African 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- 0.35
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.17
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 22%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 63%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 53.9
Local authority average 45
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 4.5
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
| Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
|---|---|---|
| Art & Design | GCSE | 39 |
| Biology | GCSE | 48 |
| Chemistry | GCSE | 48 |
| Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 19 |
| Design & Technology | GCSE | 38 |
| Dance | GCSE | 2 |
| English Language | GCSE | 137 |
| English Literature | GCSE | 136 |
| D&T Food Technology | GCSE | 15 |
| Geography | GCSE | 59 |
Admissions
St Bede's Catholic High School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 139
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 181
- 2nd preference
- 156
- 3rd preference
- 111
- From another Local Authority
- 77
Offers
- 1st preference
- 138
- 2nd preference
- 1
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 5
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 23.6 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Year 7 | 144 66 78 |
| Year 8 | 140 59 81 |
| Year 9 | 143 70 73 |
| Year 10 | 143 72 71 |
| Year 11 | 137 75 62 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
| Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
|---|---|
| Staying in education | 90.0% 81.7% 85.6% |
Further education | 32.0% 49.4% 35.4% |
School sixth form | 5.0% 11.8% 36.6% |
Sixth form college | 51.0% 20.1% 13.0% |
Other education destinations | 2.0% 0.4% 0.5% |
| Entering employment | 4.0% 5.0% 4.1% |
| Entering apprenticeships | 3.0% 5.7% 3.2% |
| Not in education or employment | 1.0% 6.5% 5.9% |
| Destination unknown | 1.0% 1.1% 1.2% |