Venerable Bede Church of England Academy
Secondary schoolVenerable Bede Church of England Academy is a secondary school in Sunderland, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 738 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade, serious weaknesses
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 21 January 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
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 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Venerable Bede Church of England Academy was 43.1, against 43.6 in Sunderland and 46.2 in England.
44.6% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Sunderland | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 43.1 | 43.6 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 44.6% | 44.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 61.3% | 63.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 168 | – | – |
- 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- St Leonard's Catholic Primary School, SilksworthPrimary. Good (overall), November 2022. 85% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)610 m
- New Silksworth Academy InfantPrimary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, July 2024700 m
- New Silksworth Academy JuniorPrimary. School remains Good, July 2024. 51% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)700 m
- Hill View Infant AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), June 20221.1 km
- Ryhope Junior SchoolPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Ryhope Infant School AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, November 20221.2 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Sunderland
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).