St Bede's Inter-Church School, Cambridge

In its own words: "Our Chaplaincy supports all members of the community: students, staff, governors, parents and carers. Together with the staff and Christian representatives from local churches, the team maintains and develops the Christian ethos of the school. Our vision is for all our students and staff to live full and flourishing lives."

From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome to St Bede’s Inter-Church School. St Bede’s Inter-Church School is very special, being the only Christian secondary school within the county of Cambridgeshire . Our foundation is shared Anglican and Roman Catholic, so we enjoy the support of both the dioceses of Ely and East Anglia."

On phones, the school says: "Mobile Phone-Free School St Bede's is a mobile-free school In 2021, we decided to introduce a ban on mobile phones in our school."

In 2026, pupils at St Bede's Inter-Church School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 62.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50.3 in Cambridgeshire and 47 across England.

75% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 52% in Cambridgeshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 61.6 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 1.02: pupils made well above 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 49.2, against 65.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 16.4 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 25 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, History and Combined Science.

For September 2026 entry, 288 families put St Bede's Inter-Church School as their first choice and 473 named it as one of their preferences, for 177 places offered. That is 1.6 first choices for every place. 115 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to St Bede's Inter-Church School are Coleridge Community College (0.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 58.7); The Netherhall School (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.8); Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 62.1); and Parkside Community College (1.7 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 65.9).

St Bede's Inter-Church School's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Of the 182 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 98% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 6% to a further education college and 1% to an apprenticeship.

In 2026, 65 pupils (6.9%) received SEN support and 88 (9.3%) 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 Cambridge Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Bede's School (outside), 110 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 184 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Cambridgeshire (57), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, St Bede's Inter-Church School issued 14 suspensions, 1.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to St Bede's Inter-Church School are The Spinney Primary School (0.3 miles), Ridgefield Primary School (0.5 miles), Queen Emma Primary School (0.5 miles) and Colville Primary School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.