Venerable Bede Church of England Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
F29
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Sunderland, SR2 0SX
- Distance
- 4.1km away
Seaham High School
Station Road, Seaham, SR7 0BH
Local ranking23rd of 30 secondary schools in County Durham
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1200
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 45.8 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 40.2% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 58.9% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 39.7% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.8 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 219
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Continued in education
- 83.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1123
- Boys
- 561 (50%)
- Girls
- 562 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1200 (94% full)
- SEND
- 20.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 42.1%
- EAL
- 2.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.8%
- SEN Support
- 17.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 64.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,954/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 24.8% 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: 95.0%
- White Other: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.6%
- Mixed Other: 0.5%
- Black Other: 0.5%
- Asian Pakistani: 0.4%
- Asian Other: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.3%
95.0%
White British
1.3%
White Other
0.6%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Station Road
Seaham, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 147711
- UKPRN
- 10085865
- Establishment No.
- 4019
- Trust
- EDEN LEARNING TRUST
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