St Bede's School
Secondary school in Surrey, England
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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.[4] 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.
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Carlton Road RH1 2LQ England 51.2501°N 0.1753°W | |
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| Type | Voluntary aided school |
Religious affiliations | Church of England and Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1976[1] |
Local authority | Surrey |
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| Ofsted | Reports |
Head teacher | Adam Powell [2] |
| Gender | Coeducational[3] |
| Age | 11 to 18[3] |
| Enrolment | As of 2025[update]: 1952[3] |
| Capacity | 1890[3] |
| Website | www |
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] This was finished in 2019.[10]
In 2014, a student at the school named Breck Bednar was murdered after becoming the victim of online grooming.[11]