Our Lady & St. Bede Catholic Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D54
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 0QH
- Distance
- 1.6km away
Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth
Harrowgate Lane, Bishopsgarth, Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 8TF
Local ranking13th of 13 secondary schools in Stockton-on-Tees
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
600
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 7 January 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 7 January 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 30.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 21.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 48.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 123
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 72.0%
- Continued in education
- 68.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 20.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 602
- Boys
- 276 (48%)
- Girls
- 304 (52%)
- Capacity
- 600 (97% full)
- SEND
- 28.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 58.6%
- EAL
- 7.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 6.3%
- SEN Support
- 21.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 13.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 43.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,786/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
- 14.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 42.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 84.6%
- Black African: 5.9%
- Asian Other: 2.7%
- White Other: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.2%
- Asian Indian: 1.0%
- Mixed Other: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.5%
84.6%
White British
5.9%
Black African
2.7%
Asian Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Harrowgate Lane
Stockton-on-Tees, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 143146
- UKPRN
- 10057542
- Establishment No.
- 4007
- Trust
- OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST
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