St Benet Biscop Catholic Academy is a secondary school located in Bedlington. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 06/03/2019. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.9%, which is 1.9 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Ridge Terrace, Bedlington

School Information

Address: Ridge Terrace, Bedlington, NE22 6ED
Website: http://www.st-benetbiscop.org.uk/
Telephone: 01670822795
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Northumberland
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Kevin Shepherd
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 141814

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 06/03/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1140
Number of Pupils: 1178
Number of Boys: 556
Number of Girls: 622

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.9% 4%
Persistent absence: 15.7% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.14 Confidence interval -0.32 to 0.05
Of the 194 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 193 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:19%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:92%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:38%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:45.8
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.88
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Bede's Catholic Primary School
Ridge Terrace , NE22 6EQ 		- not rated 140 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Bedlington West End Primary School
Ridge Terrace , NE22 6EB 		3out of 4 176 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Meadowdale Academy
Hazelmere Avenue , NE22 6HA 		3out of 4 414 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Bedlington Whitley Memorial Church of England Primary School
Gordon Terrace , NE22 5DE 		3out of 4 1,086 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Stead Lane Primary School
Stead Lane , The Oval NE22 5JS 		3out of 4 2,080 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Benet Biscop Catholic Academy
Ridge Terrace , NE22 6ED 		2out of 4 0 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Bedlington Academy
Palace Road , NE22 7DS 		1out of 4 2,936 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Howard House School
Netherton Colliery , NE22 6BB 		- not rated 1,528 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Northumberland Pupil Referral Unit
Hepscott Park , Stannington NE61 6NF 		3out of 4 3,190 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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