St Bede's Inter-Church School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Cambridgeshire
Birdwood Road, Cambridge, CB1 3TD
93
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Outstanding
Graded 04/06/2024
Application demand
59%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
93.2%
11.6% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
943
Capacity used
Over capacity104%
903 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
59%
1st preference success rate
166 of 281 families who put it first got an offer
174
Places offered
540
Total applications
3.1
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 281 | 166 | ● 59% |
| 2nd preference | 157 | 5 | ● 3% |
| 3rd preference | 100 | 3 | ● 3% |
| Later preferences | 2 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 540 | 174 | 32% |
1st preference success by year
Cambridgeshire lets families list 3 preferences. 11 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England/Roman Catholic
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Alistair Day
- Address
- Birdwood Road, Cambridge, CB1 3TD
- Phone
- 01223568816
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Ward / constituency
- Coleridge · Cambridge
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 137924
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 17% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 26% | — | — |
| SEN support | 9% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ST BEDE'S INTER CHURCH SCHOOL
943 pupils · 903 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
04 June 2024
Full graded inspection
Outstanding overall effectivenessPersonal development Outstanding Quality of education Outstanding Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 951 pupils
Attendance
93.2%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
6.8%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
11.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.1%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.0%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 64.8 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 1.02 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 82% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 91% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 6.21 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 61.6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 73.9% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 85.6% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 71.1% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.86 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 180 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 180 | 44% | 77% | 88% | |
| Mathematics | 179 | 42% | 78% | 88% | |
| English Literature | 175 | 42% | 82% | 89% | |
| Religious Studies | 173 | 49% | 73% | 79% | |
| History | 141 | 52% | 76% | 84% | |
| Combined Science | 113 | 19% | 58% | 79% | |
| German | 70 | 47% | 64% | 86% | |
| Biology | 64 | 80% | 98% | 98% | |
| Physics | 64 | 84% | 98% | 98% | |
| Business | 64 | 23% | 61% | 81% | |
| Chemistry | 64 | 88% | 98% | 98% | |
| French | 59 | 71% | 86% | 97% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Cambridgeshire council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.