St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy
Academy converter secondary school in Bradford (Bradford).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
Welcome to St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy. I hope on reading the information that it provides, you are able to sense what a special College SBSJ is.
Our mission as a College is to honour the original aim of the first headteacher of St Bede's Catholic Grammar school, Cardinal Arthur Hinsley who, back in 1900, stated that he wished to: ..provide students with a thorough training in the knowledge and principles of the Catholic faith, combined with a secular education equal in every respect to the best public schools in England.
By aligning ourselves wholeheartedly to this aim and by taking inspiration from our College motto Christus Lumen Gentium (Christ Light of the Nations) we are able to articulate very clearly an understanding of the values that underpin our work and how they substantiate our distinctive Catholic ethos: By cultivating positive and productive relationships throughout the College we aim to ignite within all members of our College community a love of learning, a love of each other and a love of God.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
21 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Archery
- Band
- Basketball
- Choir
- Climbing
- Cooking
- Cricket
- Dance
- Dodgeball
- Drama
- Duke of Edinburgh
- Fencing
- Film Club
- Football
- Photography
- Rugby
and 5 more
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Duke of EdinburghPersonal development
Key facts
- URN
- 148520
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Constituency
- Bradford West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2023
Governing body (10 current, 6 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.1 governor is linked to a profile (all confirmed).
Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Shaw | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monsignor Keiron Walker Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Paul Mulligan | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Miss Claire Gibson | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Sam Clifford-Hassan | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2026 ends 2026 |
| Mr Oluwamayowa Olarewaju | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Miss Rachel Brooks | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Neil Walker | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Paul Chewins | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Penny Fullerton | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2022 · until 2026 ends 2026 |
| Oluwamayowa Olarewaju Former | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · term ended 2025 |
| Father Sunny Joseph Former | Local Governor | Ex-officio foundation governor (appointed by foundation by virtue of the office they hold) | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Elly Fiddler Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · term ended 2025 |
| Mrs Wendy Crowe Former | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2022 · term ended 2025 |
| Mr John Shaw Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Lawrence Bentley Former | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2014 · term ended 2026 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record