St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Lanchester

State-Funded School

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North EastRegion

DurhamLocal Authority

North DurhamConstituency

DH7 0RDPostcode

0.6

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Lanchester is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–18, located in Durham, North East.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 1,240 pupils. St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Lanchester is part of BISHOP WILKINSON CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 17 Mar 2026 · published 13 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 44.9
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 42.4%
EBacc average point score: 4.07

Ethnicity

White

95%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

1,240

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

22%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 1,240
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: BISHOP WILKINSON CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
22 Jun 2023	Good	Good	Good	Requires improvement	Requires improvement
13 Feb 2009	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.