SCHOOL PROFILE

Our Lady & St. Bede Catholic Academy: data, trends and context

Our Lady & St. Bede Catholic Academy is a secondary school in Stockton-on-Tees. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
141370
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Status
Open
Local authority
Stockton-on-Tees
Region
North East
Trust
BISHOP HOGARTH CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
Postcode
TS19 0QH
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,005
FSM eligible
26.5%
EAL / First language other than English
9.8%
SEND (total)
16.0%
SEN Support
12.0%
EHCP
4.0%
White British
77.8%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
90.6%
Overall absence
9.4%
Persistent absence
26.9%
Severe absence
3.9%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
Stockton-on-TeesLocal authority91.0%9.0%4.5%
North EastRegion90.7%9.3%4.3%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
32.7%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
11.4%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.58%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
43.3
English & maths grade 5+
37.6%
English & maths grade 4+
55.3%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

See Our Lady & St. Bede Catholic Academy against 25 similar schools

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Our Lady & St. Bede Catholic Academy is a secondary school in Stockton-on-Tees. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.