St Bede's Catholic College

State-Funded School

st-bedes-catholic-college-bristol-south-west

South WestRegion

BristolLocal Authority

Bristol North WestConstituency

BS11 0SUPostcode

8.5

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

St Bede's Catholic College is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–18, located in Bristol, South West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 1,324 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 6 Jan 2026 · published 28 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Post-16 provision
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 57.1
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 65.4%
EBacc average point score: 4.78

Ethnicity

White

61%

Asian

22%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

1,324

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

11%

England average

27%

First language not English

30%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 1,324
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

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 15 October 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
8 Sept 2014	Outstanding	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.