St Bede's Catholic College

St Bede's Catholic College

Established	2011
Type	Secondary Academy
Religion	Roman Catholic
Principal	Catherine Hughes
Location	Long Cross Bristol BS11 0SU England Coordinates: 51°30′19″N 2°39′23″W / 51.505163°N 2.65646°W / 51.505163; -2.65646
DfE URN	137627 Tables
Ofsted	Reports Pre-academy reports
Capacity	1042
Students	1039
Gender	Mixed
Ages	11–18
Houses	Bell Burnell, Descartes, Pasteur
Website	stbedescc.org/

St Bede's Catholic College is a secondary school located in Lawrence Weston, Bristol, England. Since November 2011 it has been an Academy.^[1] The school also received a rating of outstanding during an Ofsted inspection in 2007.^[2] St Bede's takes students from Weston-super-Mare, Clevedon, Nailsea, Central Bristol, Bristol's outer suburbs, and most of South Gloucestershire. It has a strong partnership with St Brendan's Sixth Form College in Brislington.

The school was awarded a green flag in the Eco School Awards in July 2004.^[3]

Improvements include ICT rooms built in 2004 and the lecture theatre in 2005. Also, more recently, a large block of specialist Art, Food and Design and Technology classrooms were built by Skanska in 2009.

As of 4 July 2012, St. Bede's has planning permission to build a Sixth Form building.^[4]

Academic achievement

The school has improved its results year on year and achieved its best ever GCSE scores in 2010, the table below shows the percentage of pupils hitting the key measure of 5 A*-C including English and Mathematics.^[5]

2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
67%	65%	72%	69%	71%	66%

Notable former pupils

Mike Barrett, professional footballer.^[6]
Chris Vance

References

↑ "FIVE more secondary schools have unveiled proposals to explore converting to academy status.". This is Bristol. 2011-03-08. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
↑ Ofsted inspection report
↑ "Welcome to Eco-Schools England". Eco-schools.org.uk. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
↑ http://planningonline.bristol.gov.uk/online-applications/files/802D7125145C00F57480CFDFF4310885/pdf/12_04247_F-DECISION_-_GRANTED-1025401.pdf
↑ http://www.education.gov.uk/cgi-bin/schools/performance/school.pl?urn=109326 St Bede's Catholic College
↑ Jay, Mike; Byrne, Stephen (1994). Pirates in Profile: A Who's Who of Bristol Rovers Players. Bristol: Potten, Baber & Murray. p. 18. ISBN 0-9524835-0-5.

External links

Official website

Education in Bristol Including establishments with sites in the Bristol Local Authority

General	Education in Bristol List of schools in Bristol

Primary and junior schools	Bishop Road Primary School Bridge Learning Campus

Secondary schools	Ashton Park School Bedminster Down School Bridge Learning Campus Bristol Brunel Academy Bristol Cathedral Choir School Bristol Free School Bristol Metropolitan Academy The City Academy Bristol Colston's Girls' School Cotham School Fairfield High School Henbury School Merchants' Academy Oasis Academy Brightstowe Oasis Academy Brislington Oasis Academy John Williams Orchard School Bristol Redland Green School St Bede's Catholic College St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School

Independent schools	Andalusia Academy Badminton School Bristol Grammar School Carmel Christian School Clifton College Clifton High School Colston's School Queen Elizabeth's Hospital Redland High School The Red Maids' School

Special schools	Bristol Gateway School Kingsweston School St Christopher's School

Former schools	Fairfield Grammar School St Ursula's School Merrywood Grammar School

Further education & sixth form colleges	City of Bristol College North Bristol Post 16 Centre St. Brendan's Sixth Form College South Gloucestershire and Stroud College

Universities	University of Bristol The University of Law University of the West of England

Other higher education centres	Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

Theological colleges	Trinity College Wesley College

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