St Richard's Catholic College
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Bexhill-on-Sea, TN40 1SE
- Distance
- 2.7km away
Bexhill High Academy
Gunters Lane, Bexhill-on-Sea, TN39 4BY
Local ranking18th of 24 secondary schools in East Sussex
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1500
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 13 May 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 13 May 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 45.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 50.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 70.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 276
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Continued in education
- 83.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1454
- Boys
- 708 (49%)
- Girls
- 733 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1500 (96% full)
- SEND
- 24.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 31.1%
- EAL
- 9.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.9%
- SEN Support
- 22.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 82.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,891/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
- 8.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- 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
Loading chart
- White British: 82.9%
- White Other: 3.5%
- Black African: 2.7%
- Mixed Other: 1.9%
- Asian Other: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.5%
- Asian Indian: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.1%
82.9%
White British
3.5%
White Other
2.7%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Gunters Lane
Bexhill-on-Sea, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 138895
- UKPRN
- 10039409
- Establishment No.
- 4044
- Trust
- MULBERRY SCHOOLS TRUST
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