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St Bede's Inter-Church School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Birdwood Road, Cambridge CB1 3TD · st-bedes.org.uk · 01223 568816
Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 61.6
- average Attainment 8 score. Cambridgeshire 48.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.6
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 943
- 40 over 903 places · 104%
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 16.7%
- First language not English
- 24.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 288 families put the school first and 177 places were offered; 60% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 177 | 288 | 1.6▲ | 60% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 174 | 281 | 1.6▲ | 59% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 166 | 268 | 1.6▲ | 59% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 178 | 327 | 1.8▲ | 54% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 173 | 236 | 1.4▲ | 68% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 61.6, and 73.9% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Cambridgeshire it was 48.1, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲61.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲73.9% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲85.6% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲71.1% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲5.86 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 9.3 | +1.5 |
| Sixth form college | 82.4 | +3.1 |
| Further education | 5.5 | −1.8 |
| Other education | 1.1 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 1.1 | +0.5 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 0.5 | −1.2 |
Ofsted
St Bede's Inter-Church School was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 4 June 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Outstanding
- Inspected
- 4 Jun 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Oct 2013
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Oct 2013Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Mar 2011Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (209 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 209
- 23% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 78% who raised concerns
based on the 36% who had a child bullied
based on 69 parents (33%) with SEND