Our Lady & St. Bede Catholic Academy
Bishopton Road West, Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 0QHOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Our Lady & St. Bede Catholic Academy is a secondary school in Stockton-on-Tees for ages 11 to 16. It is one of the 86 schools in Stockton-on-Tees. It ranks 9th of 11 secondary schools in Stockton-on-Tees. Its latest Ofsted inspection, in June 2025, graded each key judgement and gave no overall Ofsted rating.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 10 June 2025, report published 8 September 2025
This inspection graded each key judgement and gave no overall effectiveness grade.
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 10 June 2025
Our Lady and St Bede Catholic Academy is a welcoming school. There are strong and positive relationships between staff and pupils. Pupils recognise that behaviour has improved over time. Pupils' conduct is respectful and friendly. Pupils feel happy and safe. Bullying is rare, and pupils enjoy coming to school. In the recent past, pupils have not achieved as well as they might in external tests and assessments. However, the school has made ambitious and effective changes to the curriculum. Pupils now know and remember more of what they have been taught. Classrooms are calm and purposeful. The introduction of 'Golden Time' in each lesson ensures that pupils are resilient and develop independence. There is time dedicated to reading every day, where pupils are asked to 'drop everything and read'. Pupils like this and say that it has encouraged them to read more widely. 'Holistic development' lessons support pupils' personal development well. These lessons are built upon the school's mission to develop well-rounded pupils. There are lots of opportunities for pupils to participate in clubs and activities across the school, and most pupils do so. These include the 'St Vincent de Paul' society, where pupils support the local community through volunteering activities in care homes and delivering food parcels. There is also a range of leadership opportunities for pupils in the school.
What the school should improve
- Sometimes, activities in lessons are not adapted to individual pupils' needs. This means that pupils do not deepen or broaden their knowledge as well as they might. The school should ensure that staff understand how to adapt learning so that it builds upon what pupils already know and can do.
- Some groups of pupils, including disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND, are persistently absent from school too often. This means that these pupils miss learning time and do not achieve as well as they could. The school should further develop its strategies to ensure that all pupils attend school regularly.
Exam results
GCSE results (key stage 4), 2024/25
197 pupils in the year group
Pupil numbers and mix
1,005 pupils on roll, with places for 1,050
Schools near Our Lady & St. Bede Catholic Academy
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Grangefield Academy | 0.4 miles | Ofsted: Outstanding | Attainment 8: 45.3 |
| Ian Ramsey Church of England Academy | 0.7 miles | Ofsted: Good | Attainment 8: 45.6 |
| Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth | 1 mile | Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good | Attainment 8: 31.1 |
| North Shore Academy | 2 miles | Report card: Expected standard to strong standard | Attainment 8: 48.2 |
| Red House School | 2 miles | No Ofsted inspection | Attainment 8: 69.8 |
School details
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Sector
- Academy
- Trust
- BISHOP HOGARTH CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- No
- Headteacher
- Mrs Maureen Wilkinson
- Phone
- 01642704970
- Address
- Bishopton Road West, Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 0QH
- Local authority
- Stockton-on-Tees
- URN
- 141370
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.