Richmond School & Sixth Form College
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C62
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Richmond, DL10 7BQ
- Distance
- 3.2km away
Risedale School
Hipswell, Catterick Garrison, DL9 4BD
Local ranking41st of 41 secondary schools in North Yorkshire
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
925
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 3 December 2024. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 3 December 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 33.1 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 14.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 38.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 98
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Continued in education
- 74.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 7.0%
- Not sustained
- 15.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 543
- Boys
- 247 (53%)
- Girls
- 220 (47%)
- Capacity
- 925 (50% full)
- SEND
- 26.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 33.7%
- EAL
- 9.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.5%
- SEN Support
- 21.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 34.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,206/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 29.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 83.4%
- Asian Other: 6.5%
- Other: 2.2%
- Mixed Other: 1.8%
- Black Other: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.1%
- Black Caribbean: 0.9%
- White Other: 0.6%
83.4%
White British
6.5%
Asian Other
2.2%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Hipswell
Catterick Garrison, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 121663
- UKPRN
- 10018211
- Establishment No.
- 4004
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