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St Bede's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Voluntary aided
Canon Avenue, Chadwell Heath, Romford RM6 5RR · 020 8590 1376
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 95%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Redbridge 75%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Redbridge Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 426
- 90% of 472 places
- Local authority
- Redbridge
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 13%
- First language not English
- 27.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Redbridge Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 45 families put the school first and 45 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 45 | 45 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 47 | 40 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 57 | 47 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 58 | 56 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 64 | 1.1▲ | 89% |
Results
In 2024/25, 95% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 14% the higher standard. Across Redbridge it was 75%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲95% | 62% | ||
| ▲14% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected St Bede's Catholic Primary School on 24 September 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 24 Sept 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Feb 2015
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Feb 2015Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good Feb 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (44 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 44
- 10% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 66% who raised concerns
based on the 30% who had a child bullied