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St Bede's School

Surrey·Secondary·South East·Voluntary aided school·RH1 2LQ
URN: 125278
CompareDfE profile
59.5
Attainment 8
England avg 47.6 · 2025/2026 (provisional)
+0.72
Progress 8
2023/2024 · CI: [0.56, 0.87]
70.6%
5+ Eng & Maths
Grade 5+ in both · 2025/2026 (provisional)
24.8%
7+ Eng & Maths
Grade 7+ in both · 2025/2026 (provisional)
37.0
A level APS
Average points per entry · 2024/2025

GCSE results 2026: every Surrey school ranked · how England did

Dependable results for a comprehensive intake; the journey is the main thing to weigh.

What the data says

Published data, read plainly. It tells you what to check next; it does not guarantee a place or replace your local authority’s admissions guidance.

Academic outcomes
Very strong academic outcomes

Attainment 8 of 59.5 is well above the national average of around 46. This reflects strong GCSE outcomes across the standard subject basket.

59.5
Attainment 8
71%
5+ Eng & Maths
2025/2026
Academic year
Pupil progress
Above-average progress

Pupils made above-average progress compared with similar pupils nationally. The confidence interval is entirely above zero, which is strong evidence of added value.

+0.72
Progress 8
[0.56, 0.87]
Confidence interval
Getting a place
Admissions realism: not yet assessed

Admissions realism depends on your home postcode and the school's published allocation data. Enter your postcode on this page to get a more specific assessment, and always verify the latest policy on the school's official admissions page.

This school has a Church of England/Roman Catholic religious character. Admissions may prioritise pupils who meet faith criteria. A Supplementary Information Form (SIF) may be required.

Watch-outs

  • Faith admissions criteria apply (Church of England/Roman Catholic). A Supplementary Information Form may be required. Evidence of faith practice may be needed.

What to do next

Starting school in September 2027

  • Secondary (Year 7): apply by 31 October 2026; offers on 1 March 2027.

National dates for England. You apply through the council where you live, even for a school in another council.

Admissions and catchment

Year 7 entry · Surrey council allocation figures, 2024–2026

Depends on band

Add a postcode to see where you would sit against past cut-offs.

Places are split into 4 bands and each had its own cut-off in 2026, so your chance depends on which band your child is placed in.

Why we say “Depends on band”

  1. A. Foundation places: the furthest child offered a place lived 8.4 km away (printed 8.449 km).
  2. B. Foundation places: the furthest child offered a place lived 7.8 km away (printed 7.79 km).
  3. C. Foundation places: the furthest child offered a place lived 7.2 km away (printed 7.207 km).
  4. D. Open places: no distance published.
What could change this
  • Your child’s band comes from the banding test the school or council runs. Ask the school when it takes place.
  • We measure a straight line from your postcode centre. The council measures from your home address, sometimes along walking routes, so treat anything near the line with care.
  • Cut-offs move every year with the number of applicants and siblings.
  • Children with an EHC plan, looked-after children and siblings are usually offered places before distance is used.
  • Past allocations never guarantee a place.

Each band has its own cut-off, so there is no single ring to draw. The bars below show every band’s distance.

Last distance offered

Furthest child offered a place, by band, 2026.

A. Foundation places
8.4 kmprinted 8.449 km
B. Foundation places
7.8 kmprinted 7.79 km
C. Foundation places
7.2 kmprinted 7.207 km
D. Open places
Not published

Pupils on roll

School census count against building capacity

1,918of 1,890 places

101% full. Source: Get Information about Schools, 26 September 2026. A full school can still have places in the entry year.

Sources — check them yourself

Every distance the council printed
YearRule or bandPrintedIn km
2026A. Foundation places · A. Foundation places – Churches of England – Criterion 1 = 1, Criterion 2 = 1, Criterion 3 = 49, Criterion 4 = 2, Criterion 5 = 80, Criteria 6 – 10 = 0, Distance = 8.449km, EHCP = 2, Total allocated = 1358.449 km8.4 km
2026B. Foundation places · B. Foundation places – Catholic Church - Children whose parent/carer is a member of a Catholic Church - 135 places: 1. LAC & PLAC. 2. Children with an exceptional and professionally supported medical or social need for a place at the school. 3. Children whose parent/carer is a regular worshipper at a Catholic Church with a sibling attending the school at the time of admission and living inside the school’s catchment area. 4. Children whose parent/carer is a regular worshipper at a Catholic Church with a sibling attending the school at the time of admission and living outside the catchment area. 5. Children whose parent/carer is a regular worshipper at a Catholic Church living inside the catchment area. 6. Children whose parent/carer is a regular worshipper at a Catholic Church living outside the catchment area. 7. Children with a sibling attending the school at the time of admission and living inside the catchment area. 8. Children with a sibling attending the school at the time of admission and living outside the catchment area. 9. Children living inside the catchment area. 10. Children living outside the catchment area. B. Foundation places – Catholic Churches – Criteria 1- 2 = 0, Criterion 3 = 56, Criterion 4 = 1, Criterion 5 = 76, Criteria 6 - 10 = 0, Distance = 7.790km, EHCP = 2, Total allocated = 1357.79 km7.8 km
2026C. Foundation places · C. Foundation places – Free Churches - Children whose parent/carer is a member of a Christian Church, which is a member of Churches Together in England or a local Churches Together organisation or the Evangelical Alliance - 50 places: 1. LAC & PLAC. 2. Children with an exceptional and professionally supported medical or social need for a place at the school. 3. Children whose parent/carer is a regular worshipper at a Christian Church with a sibling attending the school at the time of admission and living inside the catchment area. 4. Children whose parent/carer is a regular worshipper at a Christian Church with a sibling attending the school at the time of admission and living outside the catchment area. 5. Children whose parent/carer is a regular worshipper at a Christian Church living inside the catchment area. 6. Children whose parent/carer is a regular worshipper at a Christian Church living outside the catchment area. 7. Children with a sibling attending the school at the time of admission and who also living inside the catchment area. 8. Children with a sibling attending the school at the time of admission and living outside the catchment area. 9. Children living inside the catchment area. 10. Children living outside the catchment area. C. Foundation places – Free Churches – Criterion 1 = 2, Criterion 2 = 0, Criterion 3 = 20, Criterion 4 = 2, Criterion 5 = 24, Criteria 6 – 10 = 0, Distance = 7.207km, EHCP = 2, Total allocated = 507.207 km7.2 km
2026D. Open places · D. Open places - Applicants who do not qualify for a foundation place - 10 places: 1. LAC & PLAC. 2. Children with an exceptional and professionally supported medical or social need for a place at the school. 3. Children whose parent/carer is a regular worshipper of a non-Christian faith community with a sibling attending the school at the time of admission. 4. Children whose parent/carer is a regular worshipper of a non-Christian faith community. 5. Children who will have a sibling attending the school at the time of admission. 6. Any other applicant. D. Open places – Criterion 1 = 2, Criteria 2 – 6 = 0, EHCP = 12, Total allocated = 14not published—
2025A. Foundation places · A. Foundation places – Churches of England – Criterion 1 = 0, Criterion 2 = 2, Criterion 3 = 60, Criterion 4 = 3, Criterion 5 = 76, Criteria 6 – 10 = 0, Distance = 3.87km, EHCP = 0, Total allocated = 1413.87 km3.9 km
2025B. Foundation places · B. Foundation places – Catholic Church - Children whose parent/carer is a member of a Catholic Church - 135 places: 1. LAC & PLAC. 2. Children with an exceptional and professionally supported medical or social need for a place at the school. 3. Children whose parent/carer is a regular worshipper at a Catholic Church with a sibling attending the school at the time of admission and living inside the school’s catchment area. 4. Children whose parent/carer is a regular worshipper at a Catholic Church with a sibling attending the school at the time of admission and living outside the catchment area. 5. Children whose parent/carer is a regular worshipper at a Catholic Church living inside the catchment area. 6. Children whose parent/carer is a regular worshipper at a Catholic Church living outside the catchment area. 7. Children with a sibling attending the school at the time of admission and living inside the catchment area. 8. Children with a sibling attending the school at the time of admission and living outside the catchment area. 9. Children living inside the catchment area. 10. Children living outside the catchment area. B. Foundation places – Catholic Churches – Criteria 1- 2 = 0, Criterion 3 = 50, Criterion 4 = 0, Criterion 5 = 74, Criterion 6 = 11, Criteria 7-8 = 0, Criterion 9 = 3, Criterion 10 = 0, Distance = 10.578km, EHCP = 1, Total allocated = 13910.578 km10.6 km
2025C. Foundation places · C. Foundation places – Free Churches - Children whose parent/carer is a member of a Christian Church, which is a member of Churches Together in England or a local Churches Together organisation or the Evangelical Alliance - 50 places: 1. LAC & PLAC. 2. Children with an exceptional and professionally supported medical or social need for a place at the school. 3. Children whose parent/carer is a regular worshipper at a Christian Church with a sibling attending the school at the time of admission and living inside the catchment area. 4. Children whose parent/carer is a regular worshipper at a Christian Church with a sibling attending the school at the time of admission and living outside the catchment area. 5. Children whose parent/carer is a regular worshipper at a Christian Church living inside the catchment area. 6. Children whose parent/carer is a regular worshipper at a Christian Church living outside the catchment area. 7. Children with a sibling attending the school at the time of admission and who also living inside the catchment area. 8. Children with a sibling attending the school at the time of admission and living outside the catchment area. 9. Children living inside the catchment area. 10. Children living outside the catchment area. C. Foundation places – Free Churches – Criterion 1 = 1, Criterion 2 = 1, Criterion 3 = 15, Criterion 4 = 1, Criterion 5 = 32, Criteria 6 – 10 = 0, Distance = 7.720km, EHCP = 0, Total allocated = 507.72 km7.7 km
2025D. Open places · D. Open places - Applicants who do not qualify for a foundation place - 10 places: 1. LAC & PLAC. 2. Children with an exceptional and professionally supported medical or social need for a place at the school. 3. Children whose parent/carer is a regular worshipper of a non-Christian faith community with a sibling attending the school at the time of admission. 4. Children whose parent/carer is a regular worshipper of a non-Christian faith community. 5. Children who will have a sibling attending the school at the time of admission. 6. Any other applicant. D. Open places – Criteria 1 – 6 = 0, EHCP = 12, Total allocated = 12not published—
2024A. Foundation places · A. Foundation places – Churches of England – Criterion 1 = 2, Criterion 2 = 1, Criterion 3 = 46, Criterion 4 = 0, Criterion 5 = 90, Criteria 6 – 10 = 0, Distance = 6.913km, EHCP = 1, Total allocated = 1406.913 km6.9 km
2024B. Foundation places · B. Foundation places – Catholic Church - Children whose parent/carer is a member of a Catholic Church - 135 places: 1. LAC & PLAC. 2. Children with an exceptional and professionally supported medical or social need for a place at the school. 3. Children whose parent/carer is a regular worshipper at a Catholic Church with a sibling attending the school at the time of admission and living inside the school’s catchment area. 4. Children whose parent/carer is a regular worshipper at a Catholic Church with a sibling attending the school at the time of admission and living outside the catchment area. 5. Children whose parent/carer is a regular worshipper at a Catholic Church living inside the catchment area. 6. Children whose parent/carer is a regular worshipper at a Catholic Church living outside the catchment area. 7. Children with a sibling attending the school at the time of admission and living inside the catchment area. 8. Children with a sibling attending the school at the time of admission and living outside the catchment area. 9. Children living inside the catchment area. 10. Children living outside the catchment area. B. Foundation places – Catholic Churches – Criterion 1 = 1, Criterion 2 = 1, Criterion 3 = 43, Criterion 4 = 1, Criterion 5 = 91, Criterion 6 = 3, Criteria 7 – 10 = 0, Distance =7.230km, EHCP = 0, Total allocated = 1407.23 km7.2 km
2024C. Foundation places · C. Foundation places – Free Churches - Children whose parent/carer is a member of a Christian Church, which is a member of Churches Together in England or a local Churches Together organisation or the Evangelical Alliance - 50 places: 1. LAC & PLAC. 2. Children with an exceptional and professionally supported medical or social need for a place at the school. 3. Children whose parent/carer is a regular worshipper at a Christian Church with a sibling attending the school at the time of admission and living inside the catchment area. 4. Children whose parent/carer is a regular worshipper at a Christian Church with a sibling attending the school at the time of admission and living outside the catchment area. 5. Children whose parent/carer is a regular worshipper at a Christian Church living inside the catchment area. 6. Children whose parent/carer is a regular worshipper at a Christian Church living outside the catchment area. 7. Children with a sibling attending the school at the time of admission and living inside the catchment area. 8. Children with a sibling attending the school at the time of admission and living outside the catchment area. 9. Children living inside the catchment area. 10. Children living outside the catchment area. C. Foundation places – Free Churches – Criterion 1 = 1, Criterion 2 = 0, Criterion 3 = 18, Criterion 4 = 0, Criterion 5 = 31, Criteria 6 – 10 = 0, Distance = 7.582km, EHCP = 0, Total allocated = 507.582 km7.6 km
2024D. Open places · D. Open places - Applicants who do not qualify for a foundation place - 10 places: 1. LAC & PLAC. 2. Children with an exceptional and professionally supported medical or social need for a place at the school. 3. Children whose parent/carer is a regular worshipper of a non-Christian faith community with a sibling attending the school at the time of admission. 4. Children whose parent/carer is a regular worshipper of a non-Christian faith community. 5. Children who will have a sibling attending the school at the time of admission. 6. Any other applicant. D. Open places – Criterion 1 = 3, Criteria 2 – 6 = 0, Distance = 6.707km, EHCP = 7, Total allocated = 106.707 km6.7 km

Figures collected from council publications on 27 September 2026 and shown as printed, converted to km. Years the council did not publish are left blank. Past allocations never guarantee a place.

Applications and offers

National offer day figures that councils report to the Department for Education. These are counts only: they do not show how far away the last child offered a place lived.

Year 7 entry

Year of entryPlaces offeredPut it firstFirst choices offeredApplications (any preference)
September 2026316469311 (66%)936
September 2025330464317 (68%)991
September 2024332488327 (67%)995
September 2023326447319 (71%)1,008
September 2022331471324 (69%)1,009

Source: Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers, Academic year 2026/27, school-level data, published 18 June 2026. “–” means the figure was not published. The council’s own allocation figures are the official record: check Surrey’s admissions page for cut-off distances, the admission rules and this year’s dates.

Performance over time

Attainment 8 over time

Progress 8 over time(not available 2024/25 or 2025/26)

University destinations

Share of this school's sixth-form leavers who went on to Oxford or Cambridge, a Russell Group university, or a university in the top third by entry grades. Department for Education data for state-funded schools and colleges.

Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
Average of 4 years (2015/16–2019/20 leavers), 566 students
595th of 2,082 in England · 12th of 36 in Surrey
Russell Group
28.0%
Average of 4 years (2015/16–2019/20 leavers), 566 students
365th of 2,082 in England · 10th of 36 in Surrey
Top-third universities
36.1%
Average of 3 years (2019/20–2021/22 leavers), 432 students
354th of 2,063 in England · 11th of 34 in Surrey
Left sixth formStudentsOxford or CambridgeRussell GroupTop-third universities
2021/22
2024-2025 tables
155Not publishedNot published38%
England 19%
2020/21
2023-2024 tables
134Not publishedNot published33%
England 24%
2019/20
2022-2023 tables
1432%
England 1%
39%
England 18%
37%
England 20%
2018/19
2021-2022 tables
1411%
England 1%
29%
England 15%
30%
England 17%
2017/18
2020-2021 tables
1250%
England 1%
18%
England 16%
22%
England 18%
2015/16
2018-2019 tables
1571%
England 1%
25%
England 14%
37%
England 19%
  • The DfE stopped publishing Oxbridge and Russell Group shares for individual schools after the 2022-23 performance tables (students who left in 2019/20). Top-third figures continue.
  • Figures are percentages of all students who finished 16 to 18 study at the school, counting those who sustained a university place in the two years after leaving.
  • Rankings use the average across years weighted by the number of students; a school needs at least 2 years and 50 students to be ranked. The top-third ranking uses the latest 3 years. Ranks are among state-funded schools and colleges.
  • '<0.5%' means above zero but under half a percent. 'Suppressed' means 5 or fewer students.
  • Source: Department for Education, 16 to 18 progression to higher education or training (Compare school and college performance, Explore education statistics).

Admissions, open days and sixth form

Tests and forms

Supplementary form deadline31 October 2026(September 2027 entry)

You must also complete the St Bede’s online ‘Supplementary Information for Admissions form (SIF) 2027 ', if you wish to apply for a place under criteria A, B, C… Source · checked 26 October 2026

Supplementary form requiredyes

Supplementary Information Form (SIF) for 2028/29 - no proposed changes (actual form to complete is online) Source · checked 26 October 2026

Sixth form

Entry requirementsThe entry requirements for the St Bede’s Sixth Form for this academic year are five GCSEs (9-4)/Cambridge National Merit (M2 and above).(Year 12)

The entry requirements for the St Bede’s Sixth Form for this academic year are five GCSEs (9-4)/Cambridge National Merit (M2 and above). Please be aware that A… Source · checked 26 October 2026

Admissions pageSixth form

Copied from the school's and test organisers' own pages; check them before registering or applying.

Questions parents ask about St Bede's School

How good are St Bede's School's GCSE results?
In 2025/26 (provisional) pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 59.5, against 47.6 across England. 24.8% got grade 7 or above in both English and maths.
How good are St Bede's School's A-level results?
In 2024/25 students averaged 37.0 points per A-level entry (an average grade of B-). An A* is worth 60 points and an A 50.
How hard is it to get into St Bede's School?
For September 2026, 469 families put it first for 316 Year 7 places: 1.5 first choices per place, the 48th highest around London.
How many St Bede's School students go to Oxford or Cambridge?
1.0% of its sixth-form leavers went to Oxford or Cambridge, and 28.0% to Russell Group universities (2015/16–2019/20), from Department for Education destination data.

Historical results

YearPupilsAtt8P85+ E&M7+ E&MEBacc %EBacc APS
2025/2026 (provisional)33059.5—70.6%24.8%——
2024/202533257.9—68.4%—67.5%5.4
2023/202432759.4+0.7273.7%—63.0%5.4
2022/202329858.8+0.6372.1%—57.7%5.4
2021/202229961.0+0.67——70.0%5.7

EBacc figures stop at 2024/2025: the DfE no longer publishes them from 2025/2026.

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School information

URN125278
Local authoritySurrey
RegionSouth East
PhaseSecondary
TypeVoluntary aided school
Gender of entryMixed
Age range11-18
HeadteacherHeadteacher Adam Powell
Trust—
AdmissionsNon-selective
Religious characterChurch of England/Roman Catholic
PostcodeRH1 2LQ
Pupils1,952
FSM eligible6.5%

Contact and identifiers

Carlton Road, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 2LQ

http://www.st-bedes.surrey.sch.uk/1737212108
DfE number4622
UKPRN10006120
Opened—
GIAS updated24 Mar 2026

Data sources and freshness

Official record updated24 Mar 2026
Latest KS4 year2025/2026
Latest KS2 year—
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Official GIAS recordOfficial performance data

Latest Ofsted inspection

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