St Bede's Catholic Academy

State-Funded School

st-bedes-catholic-academy-stockton-on-tees-north-east

North EastRegion

Stockton-on-TeesLocal Authority

Stockton NorthConstituency

TS19 0DWPostcode

7.4

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

St Bede's Catholic Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Stockton-on-Tees, North East.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 231 pupils. St Bede's Catholic Academy is part of BISHOP HOGARTH CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 18 Nov 2025 · published 29 Jan 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Achievement
Strong standard
Attendance and behaviour
Exceptional
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 70%
Higher standard: 10%
Reading score: 106
Maths score: 107

Ethnicity

White

58%

Asian

Black

32%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

231

Total Pupils

45%Boys

55%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

53%

England average

27%

First language not English

44%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 231
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: BISHOP HOGARTH CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 11 November 2021. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
12 Nov 2012	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.