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
- Website
- http://www.stbedescc.org/
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%
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%
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
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Health Studies | Technical Award | 26 |
Sports Leadership | Technical Award | 13 |
Arabic | GCSE | 2 |
Art & Design (3d Studies) | GCSE | 10 |
Art & Design | GCSE | 23 |
Art & Design (Textiles) | GCSE | 11 |
Biology | GCSE | 154 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 84 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 153 |
Chinese | GCSE | 1 |
Admissions
St Bede's Catholic College
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 203
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 279
- 2nd preference
- 121
- 3rd preference
- 92
- From another Local Authority
- 126
Offers
- 1st preference
- 192
- 2nd preference
- 8
- 3rd preference
- 3
- To another Local Authority
- 73
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 24.3 |
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 |
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% |
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% |