St Bede's Catholic School and Byron Sixth Form College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 14 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
148304
Address
Westway, SR8 1DE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
954 (83% of total capacity)
Boys
56.0%
Girls
44.0%
First language not English
4.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
32.8%
Persistent absence
32.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 91%
Other White 1.9%
Mixed 1.8%
Indian 1.7%
African 1.6%
Other Asian 0.8%
Other Black 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Chinese 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Pakistani 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
-0.13
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

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

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 36%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.6
Local authority average 45.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.65
Local authority average 3.82
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award35
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award13
Health StudiesTechnical Award29
Sports StudiesTechnical Award24
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE21
BiologyGCSE30
ChemistryGCSE30
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE29
Design & TechnologyGCSE8
English LanguageGCSE139
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

St Bede's Catholic School and Byron Sixth Form College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
156
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
151
2nd preference
115
3rd preference
30
From another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
150
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
0
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 classes22.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
187
105
82
Year 8
200
123
77
Year 9
196
107
89
Year 10
165
84
81
Year 11
142
84
58
Year 12
33
16
17
Year 13
31
15
16
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
81.3%
85.6%
Further education
38.0%
45.1%
35.4%
School sixth form
51.0%
32.0%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
3.8%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
4.9%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
5.4%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
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
72.0%
57.7%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
43.0%
23.0%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
4.8%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.2%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

Nearby schools