St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Scunthorpe

In 2026, pupils at St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 47.8, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 44.7 in North Lincolnshire and 47 across England.

50% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 46% in North Lincolnshire and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 47.8.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.06: pupils made about average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 40.7, against 50.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 9.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and History.

For September 2026 entry, 130 families put St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy as their first choice and 281 named it as one of their preferences, for 142 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy are Frederick Gough School (0.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.2); Outwood Academy Brumby (0.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.4); Melior Community Academy (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.4); and Engineering UTC Northern Lincolnshire (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.8).

St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy is one of 36 schools run by Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 116 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 89% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 22% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

In 2026, 97 pupils (14%) received SEN support and 16 (2.3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

The nearest railway station is Scunthorpe Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Bede`s School (adjacent), 140 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 284 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in North Lincolnshire (41), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy issued 142 suspensions, 20.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 3 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to St Bede's Catholic Voluntary Academy are Lincoln Gardens Primary School (0.2 miles), St. Bernadette's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy (0.4 miles), Oakfield Primary School (0.5 miles) and The Grange Primary School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.