St Bede's Catholic Primary School

URN 148283·Primary·Academy converter·Bishop Bewick Catholic Education Trust·Compare

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Requires improvement — Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Personal development, Leadership & managementIn-year deficit of 2.7%
Finance: 2024/25Ofsted: Nov 2023Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Per-pupil income

£6,413.15

2023/24

Staff costs % of income

75.2%

DfE considers above 78% a concern

Reserves

13.4%

of income

In-year balance

-2.7%

of income

Key indicators

Requires improvement — Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Personal development, Leadership & management

Most recent Ofsted rated Requires Improvement in: Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Personal development, Leadership & management.

In-year deficit of 2.7%

School spent more than it earned this year. Deficit is 2.7% of income.

Latest Ofsted inspection

Requires improvement

7 November 2023 · Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools

Quality of education

Requires improvement

Behaviour & attitudes

Requires improvement

Personal development

Requires improvement

Leadership & management

Requires improvement
SafeguardingEffective

Performance snapshot

Expected standard (reading)72.0%
Expected standard (writing)76.0%
Expected standard (maths)76.0%
Combined (RWM)Percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths at the end of primary school.66.0%

2024/25 · KS2

School demographics

Pupils on roll

199

Capacity

240 (83%)

Free school meals

15.4%

English additional lang.

4.0%

Ethnicity

White British 86.9%Asian 6.0%Black 1.5%Mixed 1.0%Other 0.5%

Age range: 311

Workforce

FTE teachersFull-time equivalent: a measure of workforce size where part-time staff are counted proportionally.

7.7

Pupil:teacher ratioNumber of pupils per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower generally indicates smaller class sizes.

25.6

Mean salary

£38,910

Turnover

Vacancy rate

0.0%

Sickness (days)

Attendance

Overall absence

4.4%

National avg: 6.2%

Persistent absencePupils missing 10% or more of school sessions. A key DfE attendance measure.

8.4%

10%+ sessions missed

Authorised absence

3.0%

Unauthorised absence

1.4%

2024/25 · 167 pupils