Venerable Bede Church of England Academy
Secondary school in Sunderland. No overall grade. Quality of education inadequate (Jan 2025). Serious weaknesses.
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 21 January 2025, report published 10 March 2025, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
Serious weaknesses. Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern.
No overall grade. From September 2024 Ofsted stopped giving one, but still graded each area.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Inadequate |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around January 2029
The last inspection was in January 2025. Schools are usually inspected about every four years.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2030 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby secondary schools
- 1.2 milesSouthmoor Academy
School remains Good (Sep 2022)
- 1.3 milesSt Aidan's Catholic Academy
No overall grade. Quality of education outstanding (Feb 2025)
- 1.5 milesFarringdon Community Academy
Report card, Jun 2026: 2 strong, 4 expected
- 1.6 milesThornhill Academy
Good (May 2024)
- 1.8 milesSt Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy
Good (Jan 2023)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.