St Bede's Primary School
55 Hicks Street, Red Hill ACT 2603
St Bede's Primary School is a Catholic primary school in Red Hill, ACT from Prep to Year 6 with about 261 students. Its ICSEA is 1,117, 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, Teaching staff: 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 Primary School is a small Catholic co-educational primary school in Red Hill, Canberra, founded in 1963, with roughly 250 students. It describes itself as a small school with a big community, welcoming to all and rich in diversity. It emphasises personal attention, home-school partnership, and offers before and after school care and school tours.
Often praised
- Welcoming diverse community
- Personalised attention
- Before and after school care
This note was generated from publicly available online sources (the school's website, official pages and online feedback) as at October 2026. It reflects what is said online, not an assessment by SchoolList AU or any government body, and it deliberately records only neutral and positive points. Confidence: low. Verify anything important with the school. Report an inaccuracy.
NAPLAN
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Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hill Primary School | Red Hill | Public primary | 0.4 km | 1,133 | 720 |
| Canberra Grammar Primary School | Red Hill | Independent k–12 / combined | 0.8 km | — | — |
| Canberra Grammar School | Red Hill | Independent k–12 / combined | 0.9 km | 1,187 | 2,116 |
| St Benedict's Primary School | Narrabundah | Catholic primary | 1.8 km | 1,061 | 165 |
| Narrabundah Early Childhood School P-2 | Narrabundah | Public primary | 2.2 km | 990 | 53 |
| St Clare's College | Griffith | Catholic k–12 / combined | 2.3 km | 1,087 | 887 |
| St Edmund's College Canberra | Griffith | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.3 km | 1,080 | 935 |
| Garran Primary School | Garran | Public primary | 2.4 km | 1,159 | 676 |
Schools with a similar ICSEA in ACT
Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.
| School | Suburb | Type | Students | ICSEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Vincent's Primary School | Aranda | Catholic primary · P-6 | 195 | 1,117 |
| Rosary Primary School | Watson | Catholic primary · P-6 | 369 | 1,121 |
| St Joseph's Primary School | O'Connor | Catholic primary · P-6 | 334 | 1,130 |
| Sts Peter & Paul Primary School | Garran | Catholic primary · P-6 | 299 | 1,130 |
| Sacred Heart Primary School | Pearce | Catholic primary · P-6 | 210 | 1,131 |
| St Jude's Primary School | Holder | Catholic primary · P-6 | 425 | 1,131 |
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.