Secondary
Our Lady & St. Bede Catholic Academy
Bishopton Road West, Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 0QH
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1005 of 1050 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.1
- Local authority
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Religious character
- Yes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Trust
- BISHOP HOGARTH CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
- Diocese
- Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 61.1
- All staff (FTE)
- 82.5
- Pupils per adult
- 12.7
- Pupils
- 1,047
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected June 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
December 2023
Ungraded inspection
Outstanding
Read the report (opens in a new tab)January 2018
Previous framework
Outstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
GCSE results
38%
10 points below the Stockton-on-Tees average (48% across 14 schools)
43.3
2.5 below the Stockton-on-Tees average (45.8 across 14 schools)
10th of 14 by our score, among the secondary schools in Stockton-on-Tees we can score - 16 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 | 43.3 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.79 |
| Entered the EBacc | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 55% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% |
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 | 54% |
| 22/23 | 39% |
| 23/24 | 43% |
| 24/25 | 38% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.07 |
| 22/23 | -0.43 |
| 23/24 | -0.40 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 50.8 |
| 22/23 | 44.0 |
| 23/24 | 45.5 |
| 24/25 | 43.3 |
Bishopton Road West, Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 0QH
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.
Stockton-on-Tees 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
- Maureen Wilkinson
- Address
- Bishopton Road West, Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 0QH
- Telephone
- 01642704970