St Bede's Inter-Church School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Jun 4 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

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
11.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.2%
Pupil ethnicities
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%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

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
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE16
BiologyGCSE85
Business Studies:SingleGCSE66
ChemistryGCSE83
ChineseGCSE3
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE46
Design & TechnologyGCSE15
English LanguageGCSE180
English LiteratureGCSE179
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St Bede's Inter-Church School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
166
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
268
2nd preference
144
3rd preference
82
From another Local Authority
16
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
159
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes22.7
Year 2023-2024

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
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
95.0%
88.3%
86.5%
Further education
8.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
8.0%
27.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
78.0%
34.6%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
3.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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