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St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy: data, trends and context

St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy is a secondary school in Bradford. 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
148520
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Bradford
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber
Trust
BLESSED CHRISTOPHER WHARTON CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
Postcode
BD9 4BQ
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,800
FSM eligible
26.7%
EAL / First language other than English
27.6%
SEND (total)
19.8%
SEN Support
17.9%
EHCP
1.9%
White British
34.4%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
91.0%
Overall absence
9.0%
Persistent absence
24.2%
Severe absence
3.7%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
BradfordLocal authority89.1%10.9%5.7%
Yorkshire and The HumberRegion90.7%9.3%4.4%
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
12.3%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
5.8%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.28%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
44.5
English & maths grade 5+
45.3%
English & maths grade 4+
67.5%

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

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St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy is a secondary school in Bradford. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.