Richmond School & Sixth Form College
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C62
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Richmond, DL10 7BQ
- Distance
- 0.5km away
St Francis Xavier School - a Joint Catholic and Church of England Voluntary Academy
Darlington Road, Richmond, DL10 7DA
Local ranking1st of 41 secondary schools in North Yorkshire
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Secondary
Phase
570
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 12 November 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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 54.6 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 61.1% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 87.6% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 59.3% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 5.0 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 113
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 86.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 606
- Boys
- 298 (49%)
- Girls
- 308 (51%)
- Capacity
- 570 (106% full)
- SEND
- 13.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 12.4%
- EAL
- 4.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.1%
- SEN Support
- 10.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 35.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,394/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 7.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic/Church of England
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 88.3%
- White Other: 2.1%
- Black African: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.5%
- Black Other: 1.3%
- Other: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.8%
- Mixed Other: 0.8%
88.3%
White British
2.1%
White Other
1.7%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Darlington Road
Richmond, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 147213
- UKPRN
- 10083496
- Establishment No.
- 4605
- Trust
- NICHOLAS POSTGATE CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
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