St Bede's Catholic Academy
Green Lane, Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 0DW
231 pupils · 122% of 189 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Trust
- BISHOP HOGARTH CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
- Local authority
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Free school meals
- 54.4%
Ofsted
Strong standard (2025) — Report card — the most common grade across the inspected areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard |
| Achievement | Strong standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Exceptional |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Safeguarding | Met |
Inspected 18 November 2025, published 29 January 2026. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 68% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 4% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1 first-choice application per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 27 | 27 | 58 | 27 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 29 | 29 | 46 | 29 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 30 | 30 | 36 | 30 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 27 | 27 | 37 | 27 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 28 | 24 | 32 | 25 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 22 | 22 | 31 | 22 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 23 | 23 | 34 | 23 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 27 | 27 | 39 | 27 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- The Oak Tree Academy 0.2 km · Good (2019) · previous system
- Mill Lane Primary School 0.8 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- St John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 0.9 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Whitehouse Primary School 1.1 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Oxbridge Lane Primary School 1.2 km · Good (2021) · previous system
- St Gregory's Catholic Academy 1.3 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.