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Venerable Bede Church of England Academy

Church of England secondary academy for ages 11 to 16 on Tunstall Bank near Ryhope, part of Northern Lights Learning Trust.

About Venerable Bede Church of England Academy

Venerable Bede Church of England Academy is a mixed secondary school on Tunstall Bank, between Tunstall and Ryhope on the southern side of the city. It takes pupils aged 11 to 16 and has around 740 pupils on roll, according to the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. It has a Church of England religious character within the Diocese of Durham and does not have a sixth form.

The school became an academy at the end of 2012 and is now part of Northern Lights Learning Trust. It is named after the Venerable Bede, the monk and scholar of the Monkwearmouth-Jarrow monastery. Admissions information and contact details are on the school's website, and Year 7 places are applied for through Sunderland City Council's coordinated admissions process.

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