St Richard Reynolds Catholic High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Richmond upon Thames
Clifden Road, London, TW1 4LT
84
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding
No graded inspection
Application demand
72%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
95.5%
8.5% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,175
Capacity used
Over capacity107%
1,097 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
72%
1st preference success rate
157 of 219 families who put it first got an offer
200
Places offered
956
Total applications
4.8
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 219 | 157 | ● 72% |
| 2nd preference | 216 | 27 | ● 13% |
| 3rd preference | 190 | 11 | ● 6% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 331 | 5 | ● 2% |
| Total | 956 | 200 | 21% |
1st preference success by year
Richmond upon Thames lets families list 6 preferences. 416 applications came from outside the council area (42 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Sorrel Simmons
- Address
- Clifden Road, Twickenham, London, TW1 4LT
- Phone
- 02083254630
- Local authority
- Richmond upon Thames
- Ward / constituency
- South Twickenham · Twickenham
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 149297
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 9% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 31% | — | — |
| SEN support | 7% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ASCENSION CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
1,175 pupils · 1,097 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
07 February 2024
Ungraded inspection
School remains Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 909 pupils
Attendance
95.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
4.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
8.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
1.1%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.7%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 58.7 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.66 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 73% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 91% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 5.42 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 35.82 | — | — |
Average grade: B- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 61.8 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 72.5% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 89.3% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 49.4% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.71 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 178 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 35.03 | 35 |
| Average grade | B- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 14.9% | 17% |
| A-level students | 114 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 177 | 50% | 77% | 92% | |
| English Language | 177 | 29% | 79% | 93% | |
| Religious Studies | 175 | 45% | 78% | 89% | |
| English Literature | 174 | 30% | 85% | 93% | |
| Combined Science | 116 | 24% | 72% | 88% | |
| Geography | 113 | 53% | 85% | 95% | |
| History | 86 | 47% | 83% | 91% | |
| Biology | 59 | 71% | 98% | 98% | |
| Physics | 58 | 76% | 100% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 58 | 74% | 98% | 100% | |
| Spanish | 56 | 61% | 93% | 96% | |
| Physical Education | 43 | 26% | 60% | 81% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Studies | 36 | 0% | 14% | 44% | |
| Psychology | 34 | 3% | 24% | 50% | |
| Mathematics | 34 | 18% | 47% | 71% | |
| Geography | 27 | 0% | 11% | 33% | |
| English Literature | 24 | 13% | 25% | 50% | |
| Media / Film / TV Studies | 24 | 4% | 25% | 54% | |
| Sociology | 23 | 4% | 4% | 39% | |
| Biology | 21 | 5% | 29% | 29% | |
| Economics | 19 | 11% | 32% | 68% | |
| History | 17 | 6% | 41% | 76% | |
| Chemistry | 17 | 18% | 47% | 59% | |
| Religious Studies | 14 | 0% | 36% | 64% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 19477: St Richard Reynolds Catholic High School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | ≤5 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 71% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 3% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 72% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Richmond upon Thames council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.