St Bede's School

Voluntary aided school in England
51°15′00″N 0°10′31″W / 51.2501°N 0.1753°W / 51.2501; -0.1753InformationTypeVoluntary aided schoolReligious affiliation(s)Church of England and Roman CatholicEstablished1976[1]Local authoritySurreyDepartment for Education URN125278 TablesOfstedReportsHead teacherAdam Powell[2]GenderCoeducationalAge11 to 18Enrolmentc. 1800[2]Websitewww.st-bedes.surrey.sch.uk

Saint Bede's School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form in Redhill, Surrey, England. In the most recent Ofsted inspection, the school was graded as "outstanding" in all areas.[3] It now has over 1700 male and female pupils aged 11–18 (Years 7–13), with around 330 students in the sixth form. Classes have an average of 28 pupils. The latest Ofsted report listed in the references provides further background information about the school, as does the school website.[4]

History

In 1976, Bishop Simpson Church of England Girls School amalgamated with St Joseph’s Catholic (mixed) School to create St Bede’s School. The school was the first voluntary-aided joint Church of England and Roman Catholic school to be established in Britain.[1] Initially the school was split between three different sites in the town, but in December 1986, a grant of £1.9M was awarded to enable all teaching to be carried out at a single location.[5][6] Two new buildings were constructed at the Carlton Road site, officially opened in March 1990 by Ronald Bowlby, the Anglican Bishop of Southwark, and Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Arundel and Brighton.[7]

Between 1988 and 1999 the school underwent large-scale building works to bring the school together on its present site, and to create new facilities for a library, ICT and careers. In 2004 a new arts centre was opened and in 2006 a sports hall was opened.[8] Starting in 2018, construction began to expand the school's capacity.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "School claim to cash is hit". Surrey Mirror. No. 5702. 17 January 1986. p. 20.
  2. ^ a b "Welcome to St Bede's". St Bede's School. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Ofsted | St Bede's School". ofsted.gov.uk. 20 February 2017. Archived from the original on 9 November 2011.
  4. ^ "St Bede's School, Redhill, UK". www.st-bedes.surrey.sch.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  5. ^ "School wins its fight". Surrey Mirror. No. 5751. 26 December 1986. p. 1.
  6. ^ "School plans backed". Surrey Mirror. No. 5805. 7 January 1988. p. 20.
  7. ^ "St Bede's celebrates opening of new buildings". Surrey Mirror. No. 5921. 29 March 1990. p. 10.
  8. ^ St Bede's School website Retrieved 6 March 2017
  9. ^ "School wars: New secondary's bosses label expansion irresponsible". 3 September 2018.

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