St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Lanchester
About the school
St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Lanchester is an open secondary school in County Durham.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 17 March 2026
- Published
- 13 May 2026
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
Published inspection outcomes
Safeguarding
Met
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 inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Good
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 44.9
- County Durham
- 44.1
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- County Durham
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 42.40%
- County Durham
- 41.60%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 69.20%
- County Durham
- 61.40%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 51.30%
- County Durham
- 32.50%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 4.07
- County Durham
- 3.75
- England
- 4.09
A levels and sixth form
Average A-level grade
- School
- C+
Average A-level points
- School
- 32.94
AAB or better
- School
- 21.40%
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
1258
Girls
50.32%
Boys
49.68%
SEN support
10.57%
Education, health and care plan
1.99%
English as an additional language
6.40%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
19.74%
Overall absence
8.57
Persistent absence
20.68
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
245
Sustained education or employment
95%
Education
84%
Apprenticeship
8%
Employment
3%
Not sustained
3%
After 16–18 study
Cohort
81
Sustained education or employment
90%
Higher education
59%
Further education
2%
Apprenticeship
7%
Employment
21%