St Bede's Catholic School and Byron Sixth Form College
Ofsted: Good
Score
C55
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Peterlee, SR8 1DE
- Distance
- 2.7km away
Easington Academy
Stockton Road, Easington Village, Peterlee, SR8 3AY
Local ranking8th of 30 secondary schools in County Durham
Ofsted: Strong
Secondary
Phase
750
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 13 May 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 51.8 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 56.7% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 73.9% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 56.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.6 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 134
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 89.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 788
- Boys
- 417 (53%)
- Girls
- 371 (47%)
- Capacity
- 750 (105% full)
- SEND
- 16.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 36.9%
- EAL
- 2.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.7%
- SEN Support
- 13.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 49.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,864/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 27.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 94.9%
- White Other: 2.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.5%
- Black African: 0.4%
- White Traveller: 0.3%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.3%
- Mixed Other: 0.3%
- Asian Indian: 0.3%
94.9%
White British
2.5%
White Other
0.5%
Mixed White & Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Stockton Road
Peterlee, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 138075
- UKPRN
- 10037016
- Establishment No.
- 4280
- Trust
- NORTH EAST LEARNING TRUST
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