St Bede's Catholic School and Byron Sixth Form College

GCSE results 2024/25

On Attainment 8 this school is around the middle of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is second most disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the better-performing half.

Progress 8 2023/24

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry

C

Average points per entry

28.6

England average 32.3

A level students

26

Pupils

Pupils on roll

891

Places

1100

How full

81% full — 891 of 1100 places taken

Girls / boys

392 / 499

Overall absence

9%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent

29%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years

36%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language

6%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan

3%

England 3.5%

On SEN support

15%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training

87%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education

78%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship

7%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form

32%

No sustained destination

11%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort

121

After sixth form

Went to university

61%

England 50%

In education, work or training

79%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship

13%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort

38

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went on to a degree

77%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort

51

These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for County Durham 035D, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree

17%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications

23%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home

60%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing

19%

England 17%

Households with no car

29%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive

47%

England 39.9%

School details

Type

Academy converter

Phase

Secondary

Ages

Ages 11–18

Gender

Mixed

Admissions

Non-selective

Religious character

Roman Catholic

Sixth form

Yes

Nursery

No

Boarding

Day school

Trust

BISHOP CHADWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST

Headteacher

Headteacher: Frances Cessford

Local authority

County Durham

Ward

Peterlee

Constituency

Easington

URN

148304

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.