St Richard's Catholic College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 12 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
East Sussex
Unique reference
114612
Address
Ashdown Road, TN40 1SE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1026 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
48.1%
Girls
51.9%
First language not English
12%
Free school meals (FSM)
11.8%
Persistent absence
10.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 56.6%
Other White 15.1%
Other Asian 8.4%
Indian 8.1%
Mixed 6.4%
African 2.7%
Irish 0.7%
Other Black 0.5%
Other 0.5%
Chinese 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Pakistani 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.96
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 61%
Local authority average 33%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 66%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 58.3
Local authority average 43.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.43
Local authority average 3.82
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award19
Speech & DramaTechnical Award18
TourismTechnical Award15
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE16
Art & DesignGCSE19
BiologyGCSE28
Business Studies:SingleGCSE16
ChemistryGCSE28
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE13
Design & TechnologyGCSE44
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St Richard's Catholic College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
199
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
312
2nd preference
104
3rd preference
71
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
196
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
200
97
103
Year 8
208
82
126
Year 9
206
102
104
Year 10
206
115
91
Year 11
206
98
108
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
85.1%
86.5%
Further education
21.0%
37.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
6.0%
16.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
64.0%
30.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
3.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
4.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
6.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022