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

Academy converter · Secondary school · Durham, County Durham
DH7 0RD
Composite score
56.1

School overview

St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Lanchester is a secondary school serving Durham, County Durham, classified by the DfE as an academy converter with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 1,258 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Lanchester 'Requires improvement'. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 44.9, broadly in line with the national average of 46. That is down 4.9 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of secondary schools nationally.

42% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 69% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. If you are considering St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Lanchester, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links further down the page.

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#1,728
National rank
#74
In North East
#19
In County Durham
Top 54%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
44.9
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
42%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
69%
% EBacc grade 5+
16%
EBacc average points score
4.07

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

School profile

Pupils on roll 1,258 % FSM ever-6 19.7% % EAL 6.4% Age range 11–18 Gender Mixed Religious character Roman Catholic

Location

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