St Bede's Inter-Church School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2018–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
St Bede's Inter-Church School is a secondary school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 4 June 2024. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2018 to 2026 entry.
St Bede's Inter-Church School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2022 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2019 | 15.924 mi |
| Year 7 2018 | 14.237 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026, 288 first-choice applications for 177 offers: 1.6 first choices per offer, the 2nd highest of 32 Cambridgeshire secondary schools.
- 173 offers went to first-choice families, and 115 first-choice families (40%) were not offered a Year 7 place in 2026; 4 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- GCSE English and maths grade 5 or above: 74% of pupils in 2024/25 (England 45%), 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest Cambridgeshire secondary schools.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Cambridgeshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Birdwood Road, Cambridge, CB1 3TD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England/Roman Catholic
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 943 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 4 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils swell with pride when they talk about their school.”
- “They flourish in a harmonious, safe and happy environment.”
- “Pupils benefit from deeply embedded Christian values that underpin the school’s culture.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 July 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 74% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 61.6 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 288 first-preference applications, 177 offers in total, 173 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Cambridgeshire.
- Coleridge Community College 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Netherhall School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology 1.5 mi School remains Good
- Parkside Community College 1.7 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Trumpington Community College 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Chesterton Community College 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- North Cambridge Academy 2.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Impington Village College 4.4 mi Not judged Last distance published