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St Bede's School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 60 59.5 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
59.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
70.6% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
24.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.72 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 57.9[6] 68.4%[6]
2023/24 59.4[4] 73.7%[4] +0.72[4]
2022/23 58.8[7] 72%[7] +0.63[7]
2021/22 61[8] 76%[8] +0.67[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
17.1% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C+[10] 19.3%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 12.8%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 22.4%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 17.8%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
97% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
48% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
36% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
9% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 98%[15] 57%[15] 28%[15] 10%[15] 1%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 98%[16] 47%[16] 33%[16] 13%[16] 1%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 96%[17] 55%[17] 29%[17] 11%[17] 1%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 99%[18] 54%[18] 33%[18] 10%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[19]
Education
49% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
7% 2022/23[19]
Employment
33% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 87%[20] 64%[20] 3%[20] 20%[20]
2020/21 93%[21] 71%[21] 2%[21] 20%[21]
2019/20 92%[22] 79%[22] 0%[22] 14%[22]
2018/19 94%[23] 65%[23] 1%[23] 28%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
81% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
38% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
39% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
2% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 84%[26] 33%[26]
2019/20 88%[25] 37%[25] 39%[25] 2%[25]
2018/19 74%[27] 30%[27] 29%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 75%[28] 22%[28] 18%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
28 Mar 2023[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
22 May 2023[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Outstanding[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
18 Jan 2017[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] Outstanding[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.0 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
936 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
469 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
316 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
1.5 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 991[31] 464[31] 330[31] 3.0[31] 1.4[31]
Entry Sept 2024 995[31] 488[31] 332[31] 3.0[31] 1.5[31]
Entry Sept 2023 1008[31] 447[31] 326[31] 3.1[31] 1.4[31]
Entry Sept 2022 1009[31] 471[31] 331[31] 3.0[31] 1.4[31]

Admissions

Catchment, as the policy words it
permanent home address is within the catchment area 2026-10-14[32]
Places (published admission number)
180 2026-10-14[32]
Places (published admission number)
210 2026-10-14[33]
Sibling priority
Children who will have a sibling at the school at the time of the child’s admission 2024-06-25[34]

Character & practicalities

Type
Voluntary aided school[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Church of England/Roman Catholic[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1890[1]
Local authority
Surrey[1]
Website
http://www.st-bedes.surrey.sch.uk/[1]
District
Reigate and Banstead[35]
Postcode
RH1 2LQ[1]
URN
125278[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1952 2024/25[36]
English as an additional language
10% 2024/25[36]
SEN support
2.8% 2024/25[36]
EHC plan
2.9% 2024/25[36]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
6.9% 2024/25[36]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
70%[37]
Mixed
9.7%[37]
Asian
6.9%[37]
Black
7.5%[37]
Any other ethnic group
1.2%[37]
Unclassified
4.7%[37]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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    Quotes (2)
    Children whose permanent home address is within the catchment area who do not have a sibling attending Heathside Weybridge school (p. 4)
    PAN 2026: 180 (p. 3)
  33. surreycc.gov.uk: surreycc.gov.uk — Secondary allocation figures September 2024 (PDF). Period 2026-10-14. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    PAN 2024: 210 (p. 4)
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    Quote
    2. Children who will have a sibling at the school at the time of the child's admission. (p. 20)
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