Venerable Bede Church of England Academy

Tunstall Bank, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR2 0SX

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About this school

Venerable Bede Church of England Academy is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. The school has 843 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 5 November 2021). Last inspected 5 November 2021. The Headteacher is Lisa Turnbull. The school is administered by Sunderland local authority. It belongs to NORTHERN LIGHTS LEARNING TRUST. The school has a Church of England religious character. It opened in 1 January 2013.

School details

Headteacher

Lisa Turnbull

Trust

NORTHERN LIGHTS LEARNING TRUST

Local authority

Sunderland

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Church of England

URN

139184

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Venerable Bede Church of England Academy are handled by the school or the local authority (Sunderland). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

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