St Bede's Catholic School and Byron Sixth Form College
Ofsted: Good
Score
D54
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Peterlee, SR8 1DE
- Distance
- 0.9km away
The Academy at Shotton Hall
Passfield Way, Peterlee, SR8 1AU
Local ranking3rd of 30 secondary schools in County Durham
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1150
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 9 July 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 55.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 56.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 79.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 225
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1164
- Boys
- 560 (47%)
- Girls
- 642 (53%)
- Capacity
- 1150 (105% full)
- SEND
- 14.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 32.2%
- EAL
- 1.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.9%
- SEN Support
- 13.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 12.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 95.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,432/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 94.9%
- Mixed Other: 1.0%
- White Other: 0.9%
- Black African: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.5%
- Asian Indian: 0.5%
- Asian Chinese: 0.3%
- Other: 0.3%
94.9%
White British
1.0%
Mixed Other
0.9%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Passfield Way
Peterlee, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 136451
- UKPRN
- 10032958
- Establishment No.
- 4215
- Trust
- NORTH EAST LEARNING TRUST
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