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St Bede's Catholic School and Byron Sixth Form College

  • Secondary
  • Academy converter
  • Ages 11 to 18
  • Roman Catholic

URN 148304 · County Durham · BISHOP CHADWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST

In County Durham

Inspection

Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026.

Latest graded inspection

8 February 2017

Overall effectiveness
Good

This inspection was of the predecessor school, before it converted or reopened under its current URN.

Under the earlier framework, inspections gave an overall effectiveness grade.

Ungraded inspection

14 June 2023

“School remains Good”

An ungraded inspection checks that the school is still at the standard of its last graded inspection. It does not give a new grade.

Read the reports on Ofsted’s website. Source: Ofsted, State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information.

Attendance

Against County Durham and England, secondary schools.

Overall absence

2024/25

9.5%

County Durham
8.8%
England
8.4%

1.1 percentage points higher than England.

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Overall absence
YearThis schoolCounty DurhamEngland
2017/18Not published5.5%5.5%
2018/19Not published5.5%5.5%
2020/214.8%6.0%5.5%
2021/228.7%10.1%9.0%
2022/239.6%10.0%9.0%
2023/2410.7%9.8%8.9%
2024/259.5%8.8%8.4%

Sessions missed for any reason, as a share of all possible sessions in the school year. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Persistent absence

2024/25

28.8%

County Durham
25.4%
England
23.4%

5.4 percentage points higher than England.

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Persistent absence
YearThis schoolCounty DurhamEngland
2017/18Not published13.7%13.9%
2018/19Not published13.5%13.7%
2020/2112.6%17.1%14.8%
2021/2230.5%32.7%27.7%
2022/2332.3%30.9%26.5%
2023/2435.9%29.6%25.6%
2024/2528.8%25.4%23.4%

Pupils who missed 10% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Severe absence

2024/25

3.8%

County Durham
4.1%
England
3.9%

0.1 percentage points lower than England.

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Severe absence
YearThis schoolCounty DurhamEngland
2017/18Not published0.8%1.2%
2018/19Not published1.0%1.3%
2020/210.6%1.3%1.5%
2021/221.3%3.0%2.7%
2022/232.4%3.8%3.4%
2023/242.7%4.2%3.8%
2024/253.8%4.1%3.9%

Pupils who missed 50% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions

Against County Durham and England, secondary schools.

Suspensions per 100 pupils

2024/25

67.77

County Durham
18.63
England
21.24

46.53 higher than England.

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Suspensions per 100 pupils
YearThis schoolCounty DurhamEngland
2017/18Not published9.5410.13
2018/19Not published9.1410.75
2019/20Not published8.797.43
2020/217.6410.158.48
2021/2212.5013.6213.96
2022/2337.1518.9318.90
2023/2441.0919.1722.61
2024/2567.7718.6321.24

Suspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. One pupil can be suspended more than once. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.

Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

2024/25

1.49

County Durham
0.46
England
0.23

1.26 higher than England.

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Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
YearThis schoolCounty DurhamEngland
2017/18Not published0.320.20
2018/19Not published0.300.20
2019/20Not published0.220.13
2020/210.000.170.10
2021/220.000.250.16
2022/230.110.280.22
2023/240.730.420.25
2024/251.490.460.23

Permanent exclusions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.

Key stage 4 results

Against County Durham and England, secondary schools.

Attainment 8

2025/26 (provisional)

42.1

County Durham
46.6
England
47.4

5.3 lower than England.

42.646.049.32021/222022/232023/242024/252025/26
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Attainment 8
YearThis schoolCounty DurhamEngland
2021/22Not published48.849.8
2022/23Not published46.847.2
2023/2444.046.046.9
2024/2544.545.747.1
2025/26 (provisional)42.146.647.4

The average of pupils' points across eight GCSE-level qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.

English and maths: grade 4 or above

2025/26 (provisional)

58%

County Durham
65%
England
66%

8 percentage points lower than England.

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English and maths: grade 4 or above
YearThis schoolCounty DurhamEngland
2021/22Not published67%70%
2022/23Not published64%67%
2023/2466%63%67%
2024/2561%64%66%
2025/26 (provisional)58%65%66%

Pupils at the end of key stage 4 with grade 4 or above in both English and maths. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.

English and maths: grade 5 or above

2025/26 (provisional)

40%

County Durham
45%
England
48%

8 percentage points lower than England.

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English and maths: grade 5 or above
YearThis schoolCounty DurhamEngland
2021/22Not published47%51%
2022/23Not published43%46%
2023/2441%42%47%
2024/2542%43%47%
2025/26 (provisional)40%45%48%

Pupils at the end of key stage 4 with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.

Pupils

Against County Durham and England, secondary schools.

Eligible for free school meals

2024/25

35.2%

County Durham
31.3%
England
25.8%

9.4 percentage points higher than England.

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Eligible for free school meals
YearThis schoolCounty DurhamEngland
2021/2228.6%25.4%20.9%
2022/2332.1%27.6%22.7%
2023/2432.8%29.2%24.1%
2024/2535.2%31.3%25.8%

Pupils known to be eligible for free school meals on census day in January. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

SEN support

2024/25

14.6%

County Durham
13.5%
England
13.4%

1.2 percentage points higher than England.

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SEN support
YearThis schoolCounty DurhamEngland
2021/2212.5%12.5%11.9%
2022/2314.4%13.0%12.4%
2023/2414.9%13.3%12.9%
2024/2514.6%13.5%13.4%

Pupils receiving special educational needs support without an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

Education, health and care plan

2024/25

2.6%

County Durham
2.3%
England
3.1%

0.5 percentage points lower than England.

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Education, health and care plan
YearThis schoolCounty DurhamEngland
2021/221.4%1.2%2.2%
2022/231.7%1.5%2.4%
2023/242.1%1.8%2.7%
2024/252.6%2.3%3.1%

Pupils with an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

First language other than English

2024/25

6.0%

County Durham
4.2%
England
19.2%

13.2 percentage points lower than England.

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First language other than English
YearThis schoolCounty DurhamEngland
2021/223.8%2.6%17.5%
2022/234.2%3.1%18.1%
2023/244.9%3.7%18.6%
2024/256.0%4.2%19.2%

Pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

Teachers

Against County Durham and England, secondary schools.

Pupils per qualified teacher

2025/26

16.4

County Durham
16.6
England
17.3

0.9 lower than England.

15.816.517.32017/182025/26
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Pupils per qualified teacher
YearThis schoolCounty DurhamEngland
2017/18Not published15.716.5
2018/19Not published16.416.8
2019/20Not published16.917.2
2020/21Not published17.017.1
2021/2217.417.217.1
2022/2316.417.117.2
2023/2417.416.717.4
2024/2516.916.817.3
2025/2616.416.617.3

Full-time equivalent pupils for each full-time equivalent qualified teacher. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2025/26.

Teacher sickness absence

2024/25

10.8 days

County Durham
5.6 days
England
5.0 days

5.8 days higher than England.

Compared with all state-funded schools: DfE publishes this measure for all schools, not by phase.

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Teacher sickness absence
YearThis schoolCounty DurhamEngland
2017/18Not published5.6 days4.0 days
2018/19Not published4.9 days4.0 days
2019/20Not publishedNot publishedNot published
2020/21Not published4.3 days3.9 days
2021/226.0 days6.5 days6.3 days
2022/234.7 days6.0 days5.2 days
2023/2412.0 days5.8 days5.3 days
2024/2510.8 days5.6 days5.0 days

Days lost to sickness absence in the school year, averaged across all teachers. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2024/25.

Finance

Academies report their accounts as part of their trust, so DfE publishes no school-level balance for this school. The trust’s figures are in DfE’s Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool.

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About the school

Pupils on roll
891
Capacity
1,100
Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Age range
11 to 18
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
Admissions
Non-selective
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Trust
BISHOP CHADWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
Opened
1 January 2021
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Constituency
Easington
Deprivation of the area (IDACI)
Decile 3 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods)

Address: Westway, Peterlee, County Durham, SR8 1DE

Website: www.st-bedes.org/

Telephone: 01915876220

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Sources and corrections

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St Bede's Catholic School and Byron Sixth Form College, URN 148304. https://joshuamangas.com/intel/school/148304/. Data release 20 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.