Venerable Bede Church of England Academy

Academy converter · Secondary school · Sunderland, Sunderland
SR2 0SX
Composite score
55.1

About Venerable Bede Church of England Academy

Venerable Bede Church of England Academy is a secondary school in Sunderland, Sunderland, classified by the DfE as an academy converter with a Church of England religious character. Around 843 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 44.1, broadly in line with the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 6.5 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

39% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 61% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Venerable Bede Church of England Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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#1,893
National rank
#84
In North East
#9
In Sunderland
Top 60%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
44.1
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
39%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
61%
% EBacc grade 5+
16%
EBacc average points score
3.90

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Inadequate
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

School profile

Pupils on roll 843 % FSM ever-6 32.3% % EAL 2.1% Age range 11–16 Gender Mixed Religious character Church of England

Location

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