It is a TASS accredited college, with a dedicated sports centre situated on its site.

Three halls of the site was built in 1962 by George Wimpey as Billingham Campus on 50 acres (200,000 m2) for Teesside Education Committee.

In 1965 it was agreed to combine the whole site into one comprehensive school which took place in the early 1970s.

The new buildings and sport centre were built by Morgan Ashurst, who won the contract in July 2008 and was officially opened in 2009.

The Bede College Choir sang "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind" in the film Atonement,[2] which won an Academy Award for Best Original Music Score in 2007.