St Bede's Inter-Church School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Outstanding Jun 5 2024 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 16 y.o.
- Type
- Academies
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious Character
- Church of England/Roman Catholic
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Unique reference
- 137924
- Address
- Birdwood Road, CB1 3TD
- Website
- http://www.st-bedes.org.uk
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 924 (99% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 50.3%
- Girls
- 49.7%
- First language not English
- 25.6%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 13.1%
- Persistent absence
- 11.2%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 9.2%
White British 42.4%
Other White 20.7%
Mixed 10.8%
Indian 6.7%
Other Asian 6.4%
African 3.1%
Other 2.8%
Chinese 2.2%
Irish 1.8%
Unclassified 1.8%
Other Black 0.8%
Pakistani 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- 0.92
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- 0.21
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 77%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 80%
Local authority average 49%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 63.7
Local authority average 48.7
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 6.07
Local authority average 4.37
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
| Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
|---|---|---|
| Art & Design (Textiles) | GCSE | 7 |
| Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 25 |
| Biology | GCSE | 64 |
| Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 67 |
| Chemistry | GCSE | 64 |
| Chinese | GCSE | 2 |
| Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 37 |
| Design & Technology | GCSE | 11 |
| English Language | GCSE | 183 |
| English Literature | GCSE | 180 |
Admissions
St Bede's Inter-Church School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 166
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 268
- 2nd preference
- 144
- 3rd preference
- 82
- From another Local Authority
- 16
Offers
- 1st preference
- 159
- 2nd preference
- 5
- 3rd preference
- 2
- To another Local Authority
- 1
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 22.7 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Year 7 | 192 94 98 |
| Year 8 | 187 84 103 |
| Year 9 | 184 103 81 |
| Year 10 | 180 89 91 |
| Year 11 | 181 95 86 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
| Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
|---|---|
| Staying in education | 94.0% 87.0% 85.6% |
Further education | 7.0% 27.4% 35.4% |
School sixth form | 8.0% 24.8% 36.6% |
Sixth form college | 79.0% 34.3% 13.0% |
Other education destinations | 0.0% 0.6% 0.5% |
| Entering employment | 3.0% 4.7% 4.1% |
| Entering apprenticeships | 1.0% 3.1% 3.2% |
| Not in education or employment | 2.0% 4.4% 5.9% |
| Destination unknown | 1.0% 0.8% 1.2% |