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Our Lady & St. Bede Catholic Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Bishopton Road West, Stockton-on-Tees TS19 0QH · olsb.bhcet.org.uk · 01642 704970
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Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 43.3
- average Attainment 8 score. Stockton-on-Tees 45, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,005
- 96% of 1,050 places
- Local authority
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 26.5%
- First language not English
- 9.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 201 families put the school first and 194 places were offered; 96% 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 | 194 | 201 | 1▲ | 96% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 190 | 182 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 201 | 224 | 1.1▲ | 87% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 205 | 233 | 1.1▲ | 85% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 206 | 240 | 1.2▲ | 83% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 43.3, and 37.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Stockton-on-Tees it was 45, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼43.3 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼37.6% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼55.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲45.2% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.79 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 1.9 | +1.4 |
| Sixth form college | 12.5 | −0.6 |
| Further education | 72.6 | −3.3 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.4 | +0.3 |
| Employment | 2.4 | +0.8 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5.8 | +0.6 |
| Activity not captured | 2.4 | +0.8 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Our Lady & St. Bede Catholic Academy on 10 June 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 10 Jun 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Dec 2023
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 111758), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Dec 2023Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2018Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Jan 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 111758)
What parents said
75% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (222 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 75%
- Replies
- 222
- 22% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 40% who had a child bullied
based on 53 parents (24%) with SEND