St Bede's Catholic College
Chisholm NSW 2322
St Bede's Catholic College is a Catholic secondary school in Chisholm, NSW for Years 7–12 with about 910 students. Its ICSEA is 1,030, where the national average is 1000.
Annual report (2025) ↗ on the publisher's site. About this link
Sector, ICSEA, Enrolments, Language background, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Year range, Teaching staff, School website: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
About this school, from public sources
Drawn from public online sources: St Bede's Catholic College is a co-educational Catholic secondary school for Years 7 to 12 in Chisholm, in the Hunter region of NSW. It opened in January 2018 with a Year 7 intake and grew year by year to a full secondary school. It has around 900 students, with a student-to-teacher ratio reported as lower than the national average.
Often praised
- Newer Catholic secondary college
- Low student-teacher ratio
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NAPLAN
School-level NAPLAN results are published by ACARA on My School under terms that do not allow them to be reproduced here. See St Bede's Catholic College on My School · Why some data is missing
HSC 2025
Last 3 years
| Year | Band 6 / E4 results per Year 12 student | Band 6 / E4 results |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.17 | 13 |
| 2024 | 0.16 | 9 |
| 2023 | 0.18 | 14 |
Counts are derived from NESA's published merit lists and exclude students who opted out of publication. The per-student figure divides each year's count by that year's Year 12 enrolment from ACARA's August census, so it is approximate. NSW law does not permit ranking schools by results, so no rank or percentile is shown.
Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maitland Christian School | Metford | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.8 km | 1,047 | 832 |
| OneSchool Global NSW - Maitland | East Maitland | Independent k–12 / combined | 3.3 km | 975 | 108 |
| Maitland High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | East Maitland | Public high school | 3.5 km | 947 | 956 |
| Linuwel School Ltd | East Maitland | Independent k–12 / combined | 3.6 km | 1,041 | 244 |
| Hunter Valley Grammar School | Ashtonfield | Independent k–12 / combined | 3.8 km | 1,134 | 1,161 |
| Maitland Grossmann High School | East Maitland | Public high school | 4.2 km | 960 | 898 |
| Francis Greenway High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Woodberry | Public high school | 5.4 km | 912 | 742 |
| Hunter Valley Grammar School - Farm | Maitland | Independent high school | 6.3 km | — | — |
Schools with a similar ICSEA in NSW
Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.
| School | Suburb | Type | Students | ICSEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McAuley Catholic College | Clarenza | Catholic high school · 7-12 | 602 | 1,031 |
| St Joseph's Catholic High School | Albion Park | Catholic high school · 7-12 | 736 | 1,029 |
| Kildare Catholic College | Wagga Wagga | Catholic high school · 7-12 | 972 | 1,028 |
| St John the Evangelist Catholic High School | Nowra | Catholic high school · 7-12 | 935 | 1,028 |
| MacKillop College Bathurst | Bathurst | Catholic high school · 7-12 | 691 | 1,027 |
| St Paul's Catholic College | Booragul | Catholic high school · 7-12 | 636 | 1,026 |
About this data
Figures are from the latest published datasets and can lag the school by a year. Confirm enrolment rules and catchment boundaries with the school or department before relying on them.