Venerable Bede Church of England Academy
About the school
Venerable Bede Church of England Academy is an open secondary school in Sunderland.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 21 January 2025
- Published
- 10 March 2025
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Not judged
Category of concern: SWK
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Not judged
Quality of education
Inadequate
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 44.1
- Sunderland
- 43.3
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Sunderland
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 38.80%
- Sunderland
- 41.50%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 60.70%
- Sunderland
- 61.30%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 44.40%
- Sunderland
- 41.20%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 3.9
- Sunderland
- 3.81
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
843
Girls
51.13%
Boys
48.87%
SEN support
14.47%
Education, health and care plan
1.42%
English as an additional language
2.10%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
32.27%
Overall absence
12.72
Persistent absence
32.91
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
175
Sustained education or employment
91%
Education
77%
Apprenticeship
14%
Employment
1%
Not sustained
6%