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Richmond School & Sixth Form College

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,315Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 145090URN

Darlington Road, Richmond, DL10 7BQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Feb 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.0per place
close to North Yorkshire median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in North YorkshireSelective

457 applications for 228 places · 17th of 39 in North Yorkshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
46.7of 90
23rd of 41 in North Yorkshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 3 February 2026Published 19 April 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 3 February 2026
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
  2. 19 January 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.0applications per place, Year 7
close to North Yorkshire median (1.9) 0.2 below England median (2.2)

457 applications · 228 places offered · 189 named it first

  1. 2026 2.0; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
  2. 2025 2.0; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.9; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
  4. 2023 1.8; North Yorkshire median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.5; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
  6. 2021 1.4; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
  7. 2020 1.5; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
  8. 2019 1.4; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
  9. 2018 1.5; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
  10. 2017 1.5; North Yorkshire median median 1.5; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.4; North Yorkshire median median 1.3; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.3; North Yorkshire median median 1.3; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.3; North Yorkshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
  • This school
  • North Yorkshire median

Dashed bars: as Richmond School (URN 121680), the previous school.

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262284572.01890.83
Sep 20252434822.02481.02
Sep 20242174091.91860.86
Sep 20232314151.82080.90
Sep 20222093181.51730.83
Sep 20212183151.41940.89
Sep 20202083051.51800.87
Sep 20192263091.42100.93
Sep 20182083071.51750.84
Sep 2017 *1952981.51710.88
Sep 2016 *2243091.42150.96
Sep 2015 *2453261.32370.97
Sep 2014 *2503341.32380.95

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

202 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)46.723rd of 41 in North Yorkshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths45%23rd of 41 in North Yorkshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths68%
  • This school
  • North Yorkshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.16
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)20246.745%68%–
2024/2521545.642%66%–
2023/2421447.851%74%+0.16
2022/2320247.845%68%+0.20

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
145090 · 815/4076
Trust
Areté Learning Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,649 pupils · 1,315 on roll
Free school meals
18.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 December 2017
Replaced
Richmond School (URN 121680)
Address
Darlington Road, Richmond, DL10 7BQ
Local authority
North Yorkshire

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources