St Bede's Catholic College
St Bede's Catholic College is a secondary school located in Lawrence Weston, Bristol, England. Since November 2011 it has been an Academy.[1] The school also received a rating of outstanding during an Ofsted inspection in 2007.[2] St Bede's takes students from Weston-super-Mare, Clevedon, Nailsea, Central Bristol, Bristol's outer suburbs, and most of South Gloucestershire. It has a strong partnership with St Brendan's Sixth Form College in Brislington.
| St Bede's Catholic College | |
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| Address | |
Long Cross , BS11 0SU England | |
| Coordinates | 51.505163°N 2.65646°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Secondary Academy |
| Motto | In novitiate vitae |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 2011 |
| Department for Education URN | 137627 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Principal | Garry Maher |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 1039 |
| Capacity | 1042 |
| Houses | Bell Burnell, Descartes, Pasteur and Seacole |
| Colour(s) | Red, Blue, Green and Yellow |
| Website | http://www.stbedescc.org/ |
The school was awarded a green flag in the Eco School Awards in July 2004.[3]
Improvements include ICT rooms built in 2004 and the lecture theatre in 2005. Also, more recently, a large block of specialist Art, Food and Design and Technology classrooms were built by Skanska in 2009.
As of 4 July 2012, St. Bede's were granted planning permission to build a Sixth Form building.[4] The project was successfully completed in 2015.
In July 2017 the College Principal Ms Catherine Hughes announced she was retiring after 22 years of service to the college. The Recipient who took over this role is Mr Garry Maher and is still the Principal to this current date.
In 2018 The Sixth form block expanded to have a new computer rooms for the sixth form students and with this addition was the new Galieo Science Block which contains 2 Classrooms and 4 Science Las.
| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |||
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| 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Notable former pupils
- Mike Barrett, professional footballer.[5]
- Chris Vance
References
- "FIVE more secondary schools have unveiled proposals to explore converting to academy status". This is Bristol. 8 March 2011. Archived from the original on 11 March 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
- Ofsted inspection report
- "Welcome to Eco-Schools England". Eco-schools.org.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
- http://planningonline.bristol.gov.uk/online-applications/files/802D7125145C00F57480CFDFF4310885/pdf/12_04247_F-DECISION_-_GRANTED-1025401.pdf
- Jay, Mike; Byrne, Stephen (1994). Pirates in Profile: A Who's Who of Bristol Rovers Players. Bristol: Potten, Baber & Murray. p. 18. ISBN 0-9524835-0-5.