St. Bede's Catholic Comprehensive School

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St Bede's is a Catholic comprehensive school in Peterlee, County Durham. In summer of 2006 it achieved its best ever GCSE exam results. It is an 11-18 mixed comprehensive school for boys and girls living in the East Durham area.

The school was officially opened in 1970 by Bishop Hugh Lindsay. It is a well laid out purpose built comprehensive, surrounded by very large playing fields. The school has a large Science block, Technology block, Library, Drama Studio, Sports Hall, separate pastoral areas, specialist teaching blocks and Sixth Form accommodation. In early 2007 it gained specialist status as a humanities college. The school is very strict on uniform and is very strict on discipline and is a good place to send your child. The year group of 1992-97 is claimed to be the worst behaved year group ever to grace the school, well done lads and lasses you know who you are. However the school was well known throughout the 80's for gang fights and violence with other local schools and at one stage a police patrol of the common exits was common place during break times.