St Bede's Catholic Middle School

St Bede's Catholic Middle School continues to demonstrate strong performance and is recognized as a good school. The school cultivates a positive ethos where pupils feel safe, respected, and valued. Teachers have high expectations and foster a supportive environment, contributing to pupils' enjoyment of learning. The curriculum is broad and ambitious, tailored to meet the needs of all students, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), ensuring that they achieve well. However, some students struggle to grasp how assessment systems can aid their learning, which impacts their retention of knowledge.

Strengths

• Strong school ethos and values that drive pupil engagement.
• High expectations from teachers which motivate students.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND, allowing them to achieve well.
• A broad and ambitious curriculum that is well sequenced.
• Strong pastoral support and relationships between pupils and staff.
• Effective safeguarding practices ensuring pupil safety.
• Robust encouragement and promotion of reading across subjects.
• Widespread participation in after-school enrichment activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils do not fully understand the assessment systems, affecting their retention of knowledge.

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 Middle School attended 94.8% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 10.2% 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, 2.3% of pupils at St Bede's Catholic Middle School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 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 Middle School had 20.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 3.4% 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, 13.6% of pupils at St Bede's Catholic Middle School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.2% 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 Middle School received £6,774 and spent £6,792 for each of its 647 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £441,000 (£681 per pupil).

Across all 24 schools of St Raphael the Archangel Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, income was £7,227 and spending £7,273 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 Redditch · Worcestershire local authority: places and applications

St Bede's Catholic Middle School is part of St Raphael the Archangel Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, which runs 29 schools. The nearest others:

• St Thomas More Catholic First School Redditch
• Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic First School Redditch
• St Augustine's Catholic High School Redditch
• St Mary's Catholic Primary School Studley
• Our Lady's Catholic Primary School Alcester
• St Peter's Catholic First School Bromsgrove
• St Benedict's Catholic High School Alcester
• St Mary's Catholic Primary School Henley-In-Arden
• St Gregory's Catholic Primary School Stratford-Upon-Avon
• St Mary's Catholic Primary School Evesham

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

The latest Ofsted rating for St Bede's Catholic Middle School is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

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

St Bede's Catholic Middle School was last inspected in March 2023.

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

St Bede's Catholic Middle School has 646 pupils on roll.

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

St Bede's Catholic Middle School for pupils aged 9 to 13.

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

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Bede's Catholic Middle School?

St Bede's Catholic Middle School is at Holloway Lane, Redditch, Worcestershire, B98 7HA.