St Bede's Catholic College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 15 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Bristol, City of
Unique reference
137627
Address
Long Cross, Lawrence Weston, BS11 0SU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1301 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
51.9%
Girls
48.1%
First language not English
23.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
9.9%
Persistent absence
18.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 42.4%
Other White 21.6%
Indian 15.4%
Mixed 5.1%
Other Asian 5.1%
African 4.3%
Chinese 1.5%
Other Black 1.3%
Other 0.9%
Irish 0.8%
Unclassified 0.8%
Caribbean 0.6%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Pakistani 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.57
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 15%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 61%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 57.8
Local authority average 45.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.64
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award26
Sports LeadershipTechnical Award13
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE10
Art & DesignGCSE23
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE11
BiologyGCSE154
Business Studies:SingleGCSE84
ChemistryGCSE153
ChineseGCSE1
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St Bede's Catholic College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
203
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
279
2nd preference
121
3rd preference
92
From another Local Authority
126
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
192
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
73
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
208
108
100
Year 8
209
105
104
Year 9
207
112
95
Year 10
208
112
96
Year 11
208
108
100
Year 12
136
68
68
Year 13
125
62
63
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
85.6%
86.5%
Further education
27.0%
30.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
59.0%
42.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
5.0%
11.3%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.2%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
5.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
83.0%
66.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
30.0%
20.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
37.0%
22.3%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
1.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.5%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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