St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy
Highgate, Heaton, Bradford, BD9 4BQ
Local ranking13th of 35 secondary schools in Bradford
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1950
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 44.5 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 45.3% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 67.5% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 8.7% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.5 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 289
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 89.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Higher education
- 63.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 20.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C+
Avg A-Level Grade
33.9
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
36.2
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
104
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 12.3% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 30.4
- 16-18 Cohort
- 338
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1794
- Boys
- 904 (50%)
- Girls
- 890 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1950 (92% full)
- SEND
- 20.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 27.3%
- EAL
- 27.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.7%
- SEN Support
- 19.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 102.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,826/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 24.2% nat15.8%
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: 36.9%
- Asian Pakistani: 13.5%
- White Other: 13.0%
- Other: 13.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 4.4%
- Black Caribbean: 4.4%
- Asian Indian: 3.7%
- Mixed Other: 2.7%
36.9%
White British
13.5%
Asian Pakistani
13.0%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 148520
- UKPRN
- 10088075
- Establishment No.
- 4023
- Trust
- BLESSED CHRISTOPHER WHARTON CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST