# Bede Academy

Bede 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.

All-through school. Code E135619. [Northumberland](https://openindex.co.uk/northumberland)

- Phase: All-through
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 3 to 18
- Pupils: 2,030
- Council: Northumberland
- URN: 135619

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Good (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
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Gilbert Ward Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/gilbert-ward-academy-e149842): 540 m. Special. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met
- [Newsham Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/newsham-primary-school-e122261): 690 m. Primary. Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade. 43% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-wilfrids-catholic-primary-school-e148282): 710 m. Primary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 47% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Croftway Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/croftway-academy-e146545): 830 m. Primary. Outstanding (overall), January 2023. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Malvin's Close Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/malvins-close-academy-e146544): 1.1 km. Primary. Outstanding (overall), January 2023. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [New Delaval Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/new-delaval-primary-school-e122258): 1.2 km. Primary. Good (overall), June 2024. 43% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/135619)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/135619)

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