St Bede's Catholic School and Byron Sixth Form College
Ofsted: Good
Score
D54
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Peterlee, SR8 1DE
- Distance
- 1.9km away
Dene Academy
Manor Way, Peterlee, SR8 5RL
Local ranking16th of 30 secondary schools in County Durham
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
818
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 22 November 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 41.2 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 32.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 51.9% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 104
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 85.0%
- Continued in education
- 78.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 641
- Boys
- 340 (53%)
- Girls
- 298 (47%)
- Capacity
- 818 (78% full)
- SEND
- 27.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 61.1%
- EAL
- 4.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.2%
- SEN Support
- 23.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 45.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,699/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
- 10.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 29.9% 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
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- White British: 88.5%
- Black African: 4.0%
- White Other: 1.7%
- Other: 1.6%
- Asian Other: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.8%
- Mixed Other: 0.8%
- Asian Pakistani: 0.6%
88.5%
White British
4.0%
Black African
1.7%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Manor Way
Peterlee, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 147122
- UKPRN
- 10084234
- Establishment No.
- 4214
- Trust
- ADVANCE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
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