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Venerable Bede Church of England Academy

URN: 139184

Address: Tunstall Bank, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR2 0SX
NORTHERN LIGHTS LEARNING TRUST

Rating and reports

Inspection outcome

Ofsted made the following key judgements following school inspection on 21 January 2025:

Quality of education:

Inadequate

Behaviour and attitudes:

Requires Improvement

Personal development:

Requires Improvement

Leadership and management:

Requires Improvement

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

All reports

  1. School inspection School inspection, PDF - 11 March 2025
    PDF – Published

  2. School inspection School inspection, PDF - 13 December 2021
    PDF – Published

  3. Full inspection: GoodFull inspection, PDF - 21 June 2016
    PDF – Published

  4. Academy conversion letter Academy conversion letter, PDF - 05 January 2013
    PDF – Published
  5. Opened
  6. Previously Venerable Bede Church of England (Aided) Secondary School Closed

Next inspection

From September 2024, graded inspections will not include an overall effectiveness grade. Schools inspected from then will not have the same way of working out when to expect their next inspection. We will set out the expected dates for when we will next inspect them from September 2025. These schools should not expect to receive an ungraded or graded inspection before then. Some could receive an urgent or monitoring inspection, which can be deemed a graded inspection. 

About Venerable Bede Church of England Academy

  • Type: Academy
  • Boarding: No
  • Religious character: Church of England
  • Local authority: Sunderland

Pupils

  • Age Range: 11 - 16
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Number of pupils: 889
  • School capacity: 900

Location

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  • Address: Tunstall Bank, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR2 0SX
  • Region: North East

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