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St Bede's School

Coordinates: 51°15′00″N 0°10′31″W / 51.2501°N 0.1753°W / 51.2501; -0.1753
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St Bede's School
Address
Map
Carlton Road


RH1 2LQ

England
Coordinates51°15′00″N 0°10′31″W / 51.2501°N 0.1753°W / 51.2501; -0.1753
Information
TypeVoluntary aided school
Religious affiliation(s)Church of England and Roman Catholic
Established1976[1]
Local authoritySurrey
Department for Education URN125278 Tables
OfstedReports
Head teacherAdam Powell [2]
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
Enrolmentc. 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.

History

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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.[4][5] 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.[6]

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.[7] Starting in 2018, construction began to expand the school's capacity.[8]

References

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  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. ^ "School wins its fight". Surrey Mirror. No. 5751. 26 December 1986. p. 1.
  5. ^ "School plans backed". Surrey Mirror. No. 5805. 7 January 1988. p. 20.
  6. ^ "St Bede's celebrates opening of new buildings". Surrey Mirror. No. 5921. 29 March 1990. p. 10.
  7. ^ St Bede's School website Retrieved 6 March 2017
  8. ^ "School wars: New secondary's bosses label expansion irresponsible". 3 September 2018.
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