Secondary
St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Lanchester
Consett Road, Lanchester, Durham, DH7 0RD
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1240 of 1450 places
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- BISHOP WILKINSON CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
- Diocese
- Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2026
- AchievementExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Sixth formExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
March 2023
Previous framework
Requires improvement
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
GCSE results
42%
44.9
5th of 6 by our score, among the secondary schools in Durham we can score - 7 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44.9 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.07 |
| Entered the EBacc | 51% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 69% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 42% |
| A level average points per entry | 32.94 |
| A level students | 61 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 56% |
| 22/23 | 50% |
| 23/24 | 51% |
| 24/25 | 42% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 34.2 |
| 22/23 | 32.5 |
| 23/24 | 33.1 |
| 24/25 | 32.9 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.14 |
| 22/23 | -0.04 |
| 23/24 | +0.22 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 52.8 |
| 22/23 | 49.6 |
| 23/24 | 49.8 |
| 24/25 | 44.9 |
Consett Road, Lanchester, Durham, DH7 0RD
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
County Durham admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Catherine Hammill
- Address
- Consett Road, Lanchester, Durham, DH7 0RD
- Telephone
- 01207520424