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

On 2025 Attainment 8, Waldegrave School tops the table in Richmond upon Thames with 67.3, against an England average of 46.0. 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 2025 results, the 2024/25 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 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020.

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 2025: secondary school league table

11 state secondary schools in Richmond upon Thames ranked on their 2025 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2024/25 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc average point score and 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 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Richmond upon Thames ranked on Attainment 8

11 of 11 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Richmond upon Thames ranked on Attainment 8, 2025 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.0	45%	65%	4.09	–
1	Waldegrave School Twickenham · Academy converter	67.3	82%	95%	6.14	213
2	Orleans Park School Twickenham · Academy converter	64.4	80%	92%	6.11	220
3	Grey Court School Richmond · Academy converter	62.8	79%	90%	5.88	237
4	St Richard Reynolds Catholic High School London · Academy converter	61.8	73%	89%	5.71	178
5	Christ's Church of England Comprehensive Secondary School Richmond · Voluntary aided school	57.0	64%	78%	5.04	147
6	Teddington School Teddington · Academy converter	56.5	67%	83%	5.37	236
7	Lift Richmond Park London · Academy sponsor led	56.1	67%	78%	5.27	170
8	Turing House School Twickenham · Free schools	53.9	65%	78%	4.92	165
9	The Richmond upon Thames School Twickenham · Free schools	51.0	48%	75%	4.64	151
10	Twickenham School Twickenham · Academy sponsor led	46.5	40%	61%	4.03	126
11	Hampton High Hampton · Academy sponsor led	43.5	37%	63%	3.95	161

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	53.2	0%	35
Hampton School Hampton · Other independent school	21.7	0%	204
Lady Eleanor Holles School Hampton · Other independent school	40.0	0%	110
Radnor House Twickenham · Other independent school	56.2	0%	69
St Catherine's School Uk · Other independent school	56.1	0%	45
St Paul's School London · Other independent school	33.0	0%	201
The Harrodian School London · Other independent school	75.4	96%	96
The Royal Ballet School London · Other independent school	36.5	0%	31
Thomas's College Richmond · Other independent school	64.4	80%	25

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 2025 was 46.0.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020, the baseline it is measured from, and the same applies to 2026. 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 2025: 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