Bede Academy
All-through schoolBede Academy is a all-through school in Northumberland, for pupils aged 3 to 18. It had 2,030 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), April 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 30 April 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 69% of pupils at Bede Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 58% in Northumberland and 62% in England.
14% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Bede Academy was 45.4, against 42.8 in Northumberland and 46.2 in England.
47.1% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Northumberland | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 69% | 58% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 14% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108 | 104 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Northumberland | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 45.4 | 42.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 47.1% | 41.8% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 62.1% | 61% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 227 | – | – |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Gilbert Ward AcademySpecial. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met540 m
- Newsham Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade. 43% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)690 m
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 47% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)710 m
- Croftway AcademyPrimary. Outstanding (overall), January 2023. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)830 m
- Malvin's Close AcademyPrimary. Outstanding (overall), January 2023. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- New Delaval Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), June 2024. 43% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Northumberland
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).