St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Lanchester

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Mar 22 2023 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
County Durham
Unique reference
138172
Address
Consett Road, Lanchester, DH7 0RD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1315 (91% of total capacity)
Boys
50.1%
Girls
49.9%
First language not English
6%
Free school meals (FSM)
16%
Persistent absence
26.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
5.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 91%
Other White 4.9%
Mixed 2.2%
Irish 0.5%
African 0.5%
Indian 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%
Other Asian 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Other 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.04
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 59%
Local authority average 32%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 50%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.6
Local authority average 45.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.51
Local authority average 3.82
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award64
Health StudiesTechnical Award42
Art & DesignGCSE53
BiologyGCSE32
Business Studies:SingleGCSE53
ChemistryGCSE32
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE26
Design & TechnologyGCSE54
English LanguageGCSE230
English LiteratureGCSE231
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Lanchester

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
218
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
231
2nd preference
108
3rd preference
64
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
207
2nd preference
9
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 classes21.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
235
116
119
Year 8
233
110
123
Year 9
244
126
118
Year 10
228
118
110
Year 11
233
118
115
Year 12
64
34
30
Year 13
78
37
41
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
81.3%
85.6%
Further education
39.0%
45.1%
35.4%
School sixth form
46.0%
32.0%
36.6%
Sixth form college
SP
3.8%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.9%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
5.4%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
7.7%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.7%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
75.0%
57.7%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
45.0%
23.0%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
4.8%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
2.2%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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