Which school has the best GCSE results in Richmond upon Thames?

On 2026 Attainment 8, Orleans Park School tops the table in Richmond upon Thames with 66.4, against an England average of 46.2. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

When are the 2026 GCSE results for Richmond upon Thames schools published?

Pupils receive their results in August, but school-by-school figures come from the DfE performance tables, which publish provisional results in the autumn (usually mid-October) and revised figures early in the new year. This table shows 2026 results, the 2025/26 academic year, and updates when the next release is imported.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. No Progress 8 exists for 2026 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2021.

Why does a school in Richmond upon Thames show no GCSE results?

A school has no published figure when it had no Year 11 cohort in the year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Richmond upon Thames GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

11 state secondary schools in Richmond upon Thames ranked on their 2026 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2025/26 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 7+, grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, cohort size for each school against the England average. 9 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Local Authority 11 state secondary schools 2025/26 results

Secondary schools in Richmond upon Thames ranked on Attainment 8

11 of 11 schools have published 2026 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2025/26.

Secondary schools in Richmond upon Thames ranked on Attainment 8, 2026 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 7+ English & maths	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.2	14%	46%	65%	–	–
1 , up 1 place since 2025	Orleans Park School Twickenham · Academy converter	66.4	48%	79%	91%	–	219
2 , down 1 place since 2025	Waldegrave School Twickenham · Academy converter	64.5	37%	76%	86%	–	219
3 , up 1 place since 2025	St Richard Reynolds Catholic High School London · Academy converter	63.9	36%	84%	90%	–	177
4 , down 1 place since 2025	Grey Court School Richmond · Academy converter	61.7	37%	78%	92%	–	258
5 , up 3 places since 2025	Turing House School Twickenham · Free schools	56.8	26%	71%	85%	–	163
6 , down 1 place since 2025	Christ's Church of England Comprehensive Secondary School Richmond · Voluntary aided school	56.4	26%	67%	79%	–	178
7 , down 1 place since 2025	Teddington School Teddington · Academy converter	55.8	28%	62%	79%	–	208
8 , up 1 place since 2025	The Richmond upon Thames School Twickenham · Free schools	52.9	19%	60%	82%	–	144
9 , down 2 places since 2025	Lift Richmond Park London · Academy sponsor led	51.8	19%	58%	79%	–	151
10	Twickenham School Twickenham · Academy sponsor led	48.9	17%	39%	58%	–	131
11	Hampton High Hampton · Academy sponsor led	46.0	9%	43%	65%	–	170

Under each rank: the change since the 2025 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2025 result.

Independent schools in Richmond upon Thames with published GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Hampton Court House East Molesey · Other independent school	50.3	0%	61
Hampton School Hampton · Other independent school	21.5	0%	200
Kneller Hall School Twickenham · Other independent school	58.2	0%	65
Lady Eleanor Holles School Hampton · Other independent school	40.2	0%	142
St Catherine's School Uk · Other independent school	42.1	0%	58
St Paul's School London · Other independent school	29.9	1%	200
The Harrodian School London · Other independent school	76.2	95%	99
The Royal Ballet School London · Other independent school	8.1	0%	119
Thomas's College Richmond · Other independent school	62.8	88%	42

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school; the England average for 2026 was 46.2.

Grade 7+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching the top grades, 7 to 9, in both; grade 5+ is the "strong pass"; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". The DfE stopped publishing EBacc entry and the EBacc average point score from the 2025/26 results, so that column is empty for 2026.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2026 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2021, the baseline it is measured from. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so a selective school will usually top an attainment-only table.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

See the best secondary schools in Richmond upon Thames on our composite score

Richmond upon Thames GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Richmond upon Thames ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Richmond upon Thames with published GCSE results

More about schools in Richmond upon Thames

Richmond upon Thames GCSE results: common questions