St Bede's opened in 1962 as a small Roman Catholic secondary school housed in one central building, under the leadership of headmaster K.G.

Three science laboratories were refurbished in 2001; in 2003, four new English classrooms, a purpose built drama and dance studio and purpose built music rooms were added and in 2005 a state of the art Sports Hall including teaching rooms and tennis courts brought the school to its present state.

Due to the increasing popularity and expansion of the school the site continued to need mobile classrooms to cope with the demand for teaching space.

[citation needed] In 2004 the school had its last full OFSTED inspection, and was designated as mainly satisfactory, but served with notice to improve subjects such as music and food technology.

[2] The school gained Humanities Specialist Status in September 2005 with History as the lead subject and Geography/Religious Education in support.