St Bede's Catholic Middle School

Academy converter·Primary school Redditch, Worcestershire·B98 7HA
Composite score
44.4
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#9,309
National rank
#983
In West Midlands
#79
In Worcestershire
Top 63%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
63%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

School profile

Age range
9–13
Pupils on roll
647
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
34.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,771
Typical primary: £6,960

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School overview

St Bede's Catholic Middle School is a primary school serving Redditch, Worcestershire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 647 pupils aged 9 to 13 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 63% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 9.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Overall pupil absence was 5.2%. There are about 22.2 pupils per teacher. St Bede's Catholic Middle School 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 above.

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