St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy

St Bede’s Catholic Voluntary Academy is performing well overall, achieving a good rating in all inspected areas including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. The school fosters an inclusive Christian atmosphere that promotes respect and active citizenship among pupils. It has implemented a more ambitious curriculum that allows students to excel academically and engage in various leadership roles. However, the school faces challenges in consistently providing support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), and attendance for disadvantaged pupils remains a concern.

Strengths

• The school has a strong inclusive ethos that promotes respect and care for pupils.
• Pupils achieve well due to the quality of education and ambitious curriculum.
• Leadership encourages pupils to engage in impactful leadership roles.
• There are effective interventions for bullying and high standards of behaviour.
• Pupils receive high-quality careers guidance and support for further education.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils with SEND do not receive the adaptations they need for effective support.
• Teachers do not consistently use information about SEND needs to address misconceptions.
• Disadvantaged pupils have higher rates of persistent absence compared to peers.

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 Voluntary Academy attended 93.1% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 18.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

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, 7.8% of pupils at St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 3 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 Voluntary Academy had 16.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

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, 14.0% of pupils at St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

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 secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy received £7,983 and spent £7,735 for each of its 708 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £307,000 (£434 per pupil).

Across all 35 schools of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, income was £7,555 and spending £7,362 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Scunthorpe · North Lincolnshire local authority: places and applications

St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy is part of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, which runs 35 schools. The nearest others:

• St. Bernadette's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy Scunthorpe
• Saint Augustine Webster Catholic Voluntary Academy Scunthorpe
• St Mary's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy (Brigg) Brigg
• St Norbert's Catholic Voluntary Academy Scunthorpe
• Our Lady of Lincoln Catholic Primary School A Voluntary Academy Lincoln
• Saint Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy Grimsby
• St Hugh's Catholic Primary, A Voluntary Academy Lincoln
• St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy Lincoln
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Nursery School Newark
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Mansfield

What is St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy have?

St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy has 694 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy cover?

St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 47.8, and 50% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy?

St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy is at Collum Avenue, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, DN16 2TF.