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Our Lady & St. Bede Catholic Academy

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth form · Roman CatholicStockton-on-Tees, North East · Stockton-on-Tees TS19 0QHTrust: Bishop Hogarth Catholic Education TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
1,005of 1,050 places
Free school meals
26.5%
Year 11 cohort 2025
197
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next, 10 June 2025Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Our Lady and St Bede RC School (URN 111758, until 17 September 2014).

What the data says

Our Lady & St. Bede Catholic Academy has no sixth form. Of the 209 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 18% moved to a sixth form college, 65% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.

Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 94% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 43.3 against 46.1 across England and 45.0 in Stockton-on-Tees, with 38% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

As an 11–16 school, Our Lady & St. Bede Catholic Academy is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Stockton-on-Tees and England.

This school
Stockton-on-Tees
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolStockton-on-TeesEngland
Pupils in the cohort2092,269607,348
Any sustained destination91%89%92%
Stayed in education84%83%86%
— school sixth form1%14%34%
— sixth form college18%13%13%
— further education college65%54%37%
— other education0%2%2%
Apprenticeship4%3%3%
Employment3%3%3%
No sustained destination7%9%6%
Destination unknown1%3%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolStockton-on-TeesEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)43.345.046.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths38%48%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths55%66%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects45%39%41%
EBacc average point score3.793.974.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort22%32%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils29.335.534.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils47.149.550.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language10%7%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Mathematics197100%88%15%22%58%
English Language19699%89%17%20%63%
English Literature19096%86%20%21%70%
Combined Science18996%65%12%9%53%
Religious Studies18594%31%30%32%67%
Geography11659%41%24%25%55%
Spanish10252%19%18%27%61%
History5427%41%22%26%65%
Computer Science3417%13%35%30%76%
3D Design2613%2%12%16%73%
Music2412%5%0%33%46%
Physical Education168%11%44%24%88%
Photography137%6%31%19%92%
Textiles126%2%33%27%92%
Drama116%7%0%27%45%
Fine Art84%9%13%28%63%
Polish21%1%84%
Chinese11%1%75%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Health Studies49
Sports / Movement Science30
Computer Appreciation / Introduction16
Retailing10

Other secondary schools in Stockton-on-Tees

Conyers School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,258 pupils

91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.7

Egglescliffe School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,512 pupils

93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.4

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.