St Bede's School

State-Funded School

st-bedes-school-surrey-south-east

South EastRegion

SurreyLocal Authority

ReigateConstituency

RH1 2LQPostcode

9.8

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Bede's School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–18, located in Surrey, South East.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 1,918 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 57.9
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 68.4%
EBacc average point score: 5.39

Ethnicity

White

70%

Asian

Black

Mixed

10%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

1,918

Total Pupils

48%Boys

52%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

10%

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: Least deprived
Total pupils: 1,918
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

Inspection history

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

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 29 March 2023. 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
20 Feb 2017	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.