St Bede's Catholic Primary School

St Bede's Catholic Primary School is a highly effective, larger-than-average primary where pupils' behaviour, personal development and learning are exceptionally strong. Inspectors found pupils behave impeccably, lessons are rarely disrupted, and pupils enjoy learning and achieve very well. The curriculum is broad and carefully sequenced, with particularly effective teaching in reading, writing and mathematics; phonics is delivered consistently and pupils who need extra help are supported well. Pupils with SEND receive high-quality, appropriately adapted teaching and achieve well. Safeguarding is effective, attendance is strong, and governors are highly effective in supporting and challenging the school while prioritising staff workload and wellbeing.

Strengths

• Pupils behave impeccably and lessons are rarely interrupted.
• Pupils have extremely positive attitudes and enjoy learning.
• Pupils achieve exceptionally well across the curriculum.
• The curriculum is broad, carefully designed and well sequenced from Year 1.
• Teaching in reading, writing and mathematics is highly effective.
• Phonics is taught consistently, with reading books matched to pupils' sounds and effective catch-up support.
• Pupils with SEND receive high-quality, well-adapted teaching and achieve well.
• Personal development is promoted very effectively, including citizenship, respect and safety.
• Attendance is strong and behaviour is first-rate.
• The governing body is highly effective, supportive and accountable, and staff wellbeing is prioritised.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.
• Early years literacy teaching and routines are strong.

Areas for Improvement

• The early years curriculum is not as well defined as the curriculum in Years 1 to 6.
• Leaders have not clearly identified what children should learn across all early years areas of learning.
• Early years teaching is not supported by a clear understanding of how learning builds progressively towards agreed end points.
• This can lead to inconsistent experiences for children in early years.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at St Bede's Catholic Primary School attended 96.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 2.1% of pupils at St Bede's Catholic Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 St Bede's Catholic Primary School had 21.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 11.0% of pupils at St Bede's Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 St Bede's Catholic Primary School received £6,960 and spent £6,871 for each of its 421 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £89,000 (£211 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is St Bede's Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Bede's Catholic Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was St Bede's Catholic Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Bede's Catholic Primary School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does St Bede's Catholic Primary School have?

St Bede's Catholic Primary School has 426 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Bede's Catholic Primary School cover?

St Bede's Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are St Bede's Catholic Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 95% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Bede's Catholic Primary School?

St Bede's Catholic Primary School is at Canon Avenue, Chadwell Heath, Romford, Essex, RM6 5RR.