St Bede's Catholic Primary School
Primary schoolSt Bede's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Cumberland, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 213 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 11 February 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- 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, 57% of pupils at St Bede's Catholic Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 56% in Cumberland and 62% in England.
10% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Cumberland | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 57% | 56% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 10% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103 | 103 | 105 |
- 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.
- 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- Newtown Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade. 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)510 m
- Caldew Lea SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), March 2024. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)630 m
- Newlaithes Junior SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, January 2025. 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)900 m
- Newlaithes Infant SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), December 2022920 m
- Belle Vue Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Richard Rose Morton AcademySecondary. Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 41.5 (2025/26, provisional)1.3 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Cumberland
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).