St Richard Reynolds Catholic High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Feb 7 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not applicable
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Richmond upon Thames
Unique reference
149297
Address
Clifden Road, Twickenham, TW1 4LT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1140 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
55.5%
Girls
44.5%
First language not English
32.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
7.9%
Persistent absence
8.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 51.7%
Other White 22.7%
Mixed 9.6%
Irish 4.7%
Other 2.7%
Indian 2.3%
Other Asian 1.9%
African 1.3%
Chinese 0.9%
Unclassified 0.9%
Caribbean 0.4%
Other Black 0.4%
Pakistani 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 49%
Local authority average 54%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 73%
Local authority average 65%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 61.6
Local authority average 56.4
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 5.69
Local authority average 5.2
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
TourismTechnical Award8
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE29
BiologyGCSE59
Business Studies:SingleGCSE27
ChemistryGCSE58
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE26
Design & TechnologyGCSE33
English LanguageGCSE177
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

St Richard Reynolds Catholic High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
200
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
219
2nd preference
216
3rd preference
190
From another Local Authority
416
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
157
2nd preference
27
3rd preference
11
To another Local Authority
42
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.3
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
180
103
77
Year 8
182
84
98
Year 9
180
102
78
Year 10
175
99
76
Year 11
177
106
71
Year 12
130
74
56
Year 13
116
65
51
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
90.1%
85.5%
Further education
12.0%
23.6%
36.9%
School sixth form
76.0%
54.2%
35.2%
Sixth form college
5.0%
11.6%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.1%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.3%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
3.6%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
84.0%
76.8%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
41.0%
29.1%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.4%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
1.3%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022