Welcome to St Bede's Inter-Church School

Welcome to St Bede’s Inter-Church School. St Bede’s enjoys a unique position as the only Christian state secondary school in Cambridgeshire. We are a joint foundation of the Roman Catholic Diocese of East Anglia and the Anglican Diocese of Ely, so we benefit from the support of both faith traditions. We draw students from all over Cambridge and the surrounding area who come to us for a high quality Christian education.

Ofsted (2007) judged St Bede’s to be “a good school with outstanding features”. Our specialism is in Humanities and we are designated by the DCSF as a High Performing Specialist School. This means that we are able to cater for the needs of our brightest students, who will achieve top grades at GCSE before moving on to A levels and leading universities, as well as providing for the needs of those whose vocation may lie elsewhere. We are able to do this because we are a relatively small school in which every student is known and cared for in a partnership with parents. Our duty as Christian educators is to uncover the gifts of each child and work with parents to develop those gifts to the full, whether they be academic, artistic, sporting, or simply in the service of one’s neighbour.

St Bede’s is a happy and successful school. We are proud of the quality of our teaching, our pastoral care and the diversity of our extra-curricular activities. Many parents are looking for something distinctive in secondary education and we like to think that we provide such an alternative thanks to the Christian ethos of our school.

I hope that this website will give you a taste of what makes St Bede’s special, but I would encourage you to contact us to arrange a visit if you would like to know more.