St Bede's School | Secondary with sixth form in Redhill, Reigate and Banstead | Ofsted & DfE | Sipuha

St Bede's School

SecondaryPost 16

Reigate and Banstead · Redhill · RH1 2LQ http://www.st-bedes.surrey.sch.uk/

Pupils
1,918
cap. 1,890
Ages
11 - 18
Gender
Mixed
Funding
State
Maintained school

The latest DfE performance data shown is from 2024/25.

Ofsted

Ofsted report

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Latest Ofsted report
28 Mar 2023
School inspection

Other Ofsted reports

6 reports
18 Jan 2017
Full inspectionOutstanding
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18 Sep 2012
Full inspectionGood
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9 Nov 2011
Curriculum and development visit
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This history covers the current school only. Reports for predecessor schools are not included.

Admissions

Can I get my child into this school?

Last published allocation was 8,449 m (straight line).

Offer day 2 Mar 2026 · Sep 2026 entry · Last criterion: Foundation Anglican criterion 5 8.449 km; Foundation Catholic criterion 5 7.790 km; Foundation Free Churches criterion 5 7.207 km; Open places no measurement

This does not guarantee you will get a place.

Surrey allocation table

Admissions policy · Non-selective

This school is in Reigate and Banstead. You apply through the education LA where you live, even if that is a different council.

Results vs local authority and England

This school's latest published figures, once. Local authority and England averages when we have them.

GCSE 9–4
85%
-5pp
LA
74%
England
66%
90%86%82%
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GCSE 5+
68%
-5pp
LA
55%
England
46%
76%69%62%
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Attainment 8
57.9
-1.5
LA
51.4
England
46.8
61.058.054.9
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EBacc entry
68%
+5pp
LA
44%
England
41%
84%71%58%
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EBacc APS
17.9
+0.2
LA
9.5
England
7.7
17.916.214.6
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Key Stage 4 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

Progress 8 compared with other schools

Progress 8 (2023/24 cohort)+0.72
Well above average
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Sixth form

Key Stage 5 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

A-level APS
37.0
+3.1
LA
35.6
England
32.4
39.936.433.0
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A-level value added
+0.13
+0.1
LA
+0.04
+0.2+0.10.0
'17'18'19'24'25
AAB+ in facilitating subjects
17%
-2pp
LA
18%
England
14%
22%18%13%
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Average A-level grade
B-
+1
BB-C+
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Value added compared with other schools

A-level value added+0.13
Average
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Destinations

Pupils staying in education or entering apprenticeships or employment

After Key Stage 4 · 2024/25

97%

staying in education or employment

2% did not stay in education or employment

1% no destination recorded

Education95%
Apprenticeships1%
Employment1%

After 16 to 18 study · 2024/25

90%

staying in education or employment

7% did not stay in education or employment

3% no destination recorded

Education49%
Apprenticeships7%
Employment33%

Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll
1,952
cap. 1,890
1,9731,8381,703
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Pupil : teacher ratio
19.3
LA AVG 17.75:1
20.119.719.3
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EAL
10%
LA AVG 13.22%
14%12%10%
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FSM eligible
7%
LA AVG 16.89%
9%8%7%
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SEN
6%
LA AVG 17.9%
6%5%4%
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Overall absence
5%
LA
8%
England
9%
7%6%5%
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Persistent absence
11%
LA
20%
England
24%
18%14%9%
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Overview

AddressCarlton Road, Redhill, RH1 2LQ
Telephone01737212108
Local authoritySurrey
PhaseSecondary with sixth form
School typeMaintained school
Pupil : teacher ratio19.3:1
AdmissionsNon-selective
Religious characterChurch of England/Roman Catholic
Finance£7139 spend / pupil£7174 income / pupil2024-25 · CFRView on FBIT

History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Secondary — Key Stage 4

GCSE attainment and Progress 8 — how pupils progressed from KS2 to KS4.

YearGCSE 9–4GCSE 5+Attainment 8Progress 8EBacc entryEBacc APSCohort
2024/2585%68%57.9Not applicable68%17.9332
2023/2490%74%59.4+0.7263%17.7327
2022/2389%72%58.8+0.6358%16.0298
2021/2289%76%61.0+0.6770%17.0299
2018/1985%66%58.3+0.7284%14.6267
2017/1884%67%57.6+0.6878%14.6272
2016/1782%62%54.9+0.4874%265
More fields
YearEBacc lang entry
2024/2568%
2023/2463%
2022/2358%
2021/2270%
2018/1984%
2017/1878%
2016/1776%

Sixth form — Key Stage 5

YearA-level APSAvg gradeVA progressAAB+Cohort
2024/2537.0B-+0.1317%152
2023/2433.9C++0.0319%178
2022/2335.0C+13%140
2021/2239.9B22%159
2018/1933.0C++0.0418%147
2017/1833.3C++0.2116%135
2016/1733.3C++0.0416%183

Pupils & absence

YearPupilsPupil:teacherSENEALFSM everAbsencePersistent absence
2024/251,95219.36%10%7%5%11%
2023/241,97320.15%10%8%5%11%
2022/231,92219.34%11%8%6%13%
2021/221,88719.44%11%8%7%18%
2020/211,86019.44%13%7%
2018/191,75120.05%13%8%5%10%
2017/181,72019.46%13%9%5%9%
2016/171,70319.75%14%9%5%9%

School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.