St Bede's Catholic School and Byron Sixth Form College
Westway, Peterlee, SR8 1DE
Local ranking13th of 34 secondary schools in County Durham
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1100
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 44.5
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 42.1%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 60.5%
- Entering EBacc
- 48.0%
- EBacc APS
- 3.9
- Cohort Size
- 152
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Continued in education
- 78.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 79.0%
- Higher education
- 61.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 13.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 18.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C
Avg A-Level Grade
28.6
Avg Points/Entry
30.0
Best 3 A-Levels
26
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 20.0%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 31.1
- 16-18 Cohort
- 67
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 937
- Boys
- 512 (55%)
- Girls
- 425 (45%)
- Capacity
- 1100 (85% full)
- SEND
- 17.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 36.2%
- EAL
- 6.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.6%
- SEN Support
- 14.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 56.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,112/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.5%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 89.8%
- White Other: 2.1%
- Other: 2.1%
- Asian Indian: 1.5%
- Asian Other: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.5%
- Mixed Other: 0.5%
89.8%
White British
2.1%
White Other
2.1%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 148304
- UKPRN
- 10087309
- Establishment No.
- 4693
- Trust
- BISHOP CHADWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST