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State secondary schools in Richmond upon Thames

11 schools · London · 2024/25 Department for Education figures

Richmond upon Thames has 11 state secondaries, 9 of them with sixth forms. 62.2% of families got their first choice last year, worse than most of England. Results run from 37.3% to 82.2% passing English and maths, a spread of 45 points, with a middle school at 66.5%, above England's 45.4%.

Of those Ofsted has graded, 4 rated Outstanding, 4 Good. 3 schools carry no overall grade at all — either inspected since Ofsted stopped issuing one in September 2024, or never inspected.

11 schools in Richmond upon Thames. Tap one, or see the full list.
37% 82% passed English & maths

Richmond upon Thames against England

State-funded schools, 2024/25

65%

Passed English & maths grade 5 or above

19.6% above England

England 45%

56.6

Attainment 8 average score

10.5 above England

England 46.1

15%

Persistently absent missed 10% of sessions

6% below England

England 21%

Getting a place

2026/27 secondary admissions round, across Richmond upon Thames

62.2%

Got their first choiceof those who applied

England 84%

84.5%

Got one of their threefirst, second or third

3%

Got no offer at allfrom any preference

11%

Appeals upheld4 of 37 heard

These are figures for Richmond upon Thames as a whole. A popular school can be much harder to get into than the average suggests, and the criteria that decide it are set by each school's own admission authority rather than centrally. How applying works

How much the choice matters here

Across Richmond upon Thames's 11 schools, the share passing English and maths runs from 37% to 82%. That is a spread of 45 percentage points, about typical.

The typical council spans about 48 points. Where schools are close together the school a child gets matters less; where they are far apart it matters a great deal. The widest spreads are all selective areas, where grammar schools sit at one end and everything else at the other.

Richmond upon Thames schools, subject by subject

The share reaching grade 4 or above, among schools entering at least 20 pupils. Which pupils take a subject differs a lot between schools, so read this as what happened rather than as a ranking of teaching.

physicsmathshistorygeographyenglish literatureenglish languagecombined sciencechemistrybiologyartphysical educationspanishfrenchreligious studiesfood technologydramacomputer sciencedesign technology
  1. 1 Grey Court School Richmond · 51 entries 96%
  2. 2 Orleans Park School Twickenham · 40 entries 95%
  3. 3 St Richard Reynolds Catholic High School London · 26 entries 85%
  4. 4 Waldegrave School Twickenham · 38 entries 84%
  5. 5 Teddington School Teddington · 25 entries 76%
  6. 6 The Richmond upon Thames School Twickenham · 29 entries 69%
  7. 7 Lift Richmond Park London · 23 entries 57%
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Every school in Richmond upon Thames

Schools in neighbouring authorities are not in this list, because admissions run per authority. See bordering areas.

6 of 11 have no spare places. Sort the list, or narrow it first.

  • Christ's Church of England Comprehensive Secondary School Richmond · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    64%
    Attainment 8
    57
    Absence
    17%
  • Grey Court School Richmond · Outstanding. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    79%
    Attainment 8
    62.8
    Absence
    9%
  • Hampton High Hampton · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    37%
    Attainment 8
    43.5
    Absence
    22%
  • Lift Richmond Park London · Good.
    Eng & maths
    67%
    Attainment 8
    56.1
    Absence
    24%
  • Orleans Park School Twickenham · Outstanding. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    80%
    Attainment 8
    64.4
    Absence
    8%
  • St Richard Reynolds Catholic High School London · Outstanding. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    73%
    Attainment 8
    61.8
    Absence
    11%
  • Teddington School Teddington · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    67%
    Attainment 8
    56.5
    Absence
    19%
  • The Richmond upon Thames School Twickenham · Good. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    48%
    Attainment 8
    51
    Absence
    15%
  • Turing House School Twickenham · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    65%
    Attainment 8
    54.2
    Absence
    15%
  • Twickenham School Twickenham · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    40%
    Attainment 8
    46.5
    Absence
    21%
  • Waldegrave School Twickenham · Outstanding.
    Eng & maths
    82%
    Attainment 8
    67.3
    Absence
    12%

Pick up to 4 schools to see them side by side in the comparison tool, subject by subject.

Sixth form · Key stage 5·2024/25

A levels in Richmond upon Thames

8 of Richmond upon Thames's 9 sixth forms publish A level results. Ranked on the share reaching AAB or better in at least two of the subjects universities name, which is the measure the steepest entry requirements are written in.

Sixth form Grade AAB+

A level results only. A sixth form running mostly BTECs and other applied courses will show a dash here and can still be the right one — those are graded on their own scale, where a distinction and an A grade carry the same points and mean different things.

Bordering Richmond upon Thames

Near a boundary, schools on both sides are usually in reach. Whether a child can apply is set by each school's admission criteria, not by the border.

Hounslow 21 schools · 53% passed English & mathsKingston upon Thames 11 schools · 69% passed English & mathsSurrey 57 schools · 55% passed English & mathsWandsworth 11 schools · 57% passed English & maths

What these mean

Attainment 8
The average pupil's total score across eight GCSE-equivalent subjects, with English and maths counting double. It is scored out of 90. A score of 50 is roughly equivalent to achieving a grade 5 across eight subjects.
Grades 4 and 5
GCSEs are graded from 9 down to 1. Grade 4 is a standard pass and broadly corresponds to the old grade C; grade 5 is what the government calls a strong pass. Grade 7 is broadly equivalent to an old grade A.
Persistent absence
The share of pupils who miss at least 10% of their possible sessions during the school year. This includes both authorised and unauthorised absence, so illness and other authorised reasons are included. Persistent absence has remained substantially higher than its pre-pandemic level.
First preference
The share of families who were offered the school they ranked first on their application, on national offer day in March. This figure is calculated across the relevant schools or admissions authority, so a high overall figure does not necessarily mean that every individual school is easy to get into.
Spare places
The amount of available capacity a school has compared with the number of pupils on roll. This is different from oversubscription: spare places measure whether a school has capacity, whereas oversubscription describes demand for places exceeding the number available. A school with no spare places may be popular, but a small school can also be full without receiving a large number of applications.
Average A-level grade
The average grade achieved across students' A-level entries. This is different from measures such as the proportion achieving AAB or better in two or more facilitating subjects, which are sometimes used to indicate higher attainment and university-entry performance.
Covers state-funded schools in England; independent schools are not included, and neither the list nor the subject figures above take account of them.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Key stage 4 performance and school characteristics: Department for Education, 2024/25. Inspection outcomes: Ofsted.