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 Good during an Ofsted inspection in October 2021.[2]
| St Bede's Catholic College | |
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| Address | |
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Long Cross , BS11 0SU England | |
| Coordinates | 51°30′19″N 2°39′23″W / 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 | Robert King |
| 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/ |
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.
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 Principal Catherine Hughes announced that she was retiring after 22 years of service to the college. The principal as of 2024 is Robert King.[5]
In 2018, the Sixth Form block was expanded to build a new computer room for the Sixth Form students, alongside the new Galieo Science Block containing 2 Classrooms and 4 Science Labs.
Notable former pupils
edit- Mike Barrett, professional footballer.[6]
- Chris Vance
- Diane Youdale, Jet from Gladiators
References
edit- ^ "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". Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ "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 [dead link]
- ^ "St. Bede's Catholic College - Staff". Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- ^ 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.