Our Lady & St. Bede Catholic Academy
Bishopton Road West, Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 0QH
1,005 pupils · 96% of 1,050 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- BISHOP HOGARTH CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
- Local authority
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Free school meals
- 26.5%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 10 June 2025, published 8 September 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 43.3 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 37.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 55.3% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 45.2% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.04 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 194 | 201 | 484 | 194 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 190 | 182 | 416 | 189 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 201 | 224 | 514 | 201 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 205 | 233 | 540 | 205 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 206 | 240 | 595 | 206 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 208 | 249 | 481 | 208 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 206 | 251 | 519 | 206 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 207 | 283 | 577 | 207 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- The Grangefield Academy 0.6 km · Outstanding (2022) · previous system
- Ian Ramsey Church of England Academy 1.2 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth 1.6 km · No overall grade (2025)
- North Shore Academy 2.5 km · Most areas: Strong standard (2026)
- St Patrick's Catholic College, A Voluntary Catholic Academy 4.7 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Thornaby Academy 4.8 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.