Richmond upon Thames’s state schools are in the top tenth: better results than 98% of towns in England
Attainment 8, the average across eight GCSEs, is 57.7 at Richmond upon Thames’s secondaries, above both London’s towns (51.7) and towns in England (45.9). 60 state-funded schools are located in Richmond upon Thames’s built-up area. Richmond upon Thames grades A+ for schools, on Department for Education Key Stage 2 and GCSE results: #1 of 33 in London. Ofsted is shown, not graded.
Richmond upon Thames’s secondary results beat 97% of English towns; its primary results beat 97%. 77% of the London borough’s 11-year-olds meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% at the average school in England and 76% across Richmond upon Thames. The spread between primaries is wide: 94% at Barnes Primary School, 49% at Darell Primary and Nursery School. Every school’s result ↓
Lowther beats its intake
Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually get lower results. At Lowther Primary School, 26% of pupils are on free school meals and 80% meet the expected standard; a typical school in England with that intake reaches 61%. Results and intake ↓
Written from the Department for Education and Ofsted data on this page.
School Grade
Richmond upon Thames grades A+ for schools
Against every town in England with results; Wales publishes none.
Primary: reading, writing and maths at 11 (77% meet the standard)Better than 97% of towns in England
Secondary: Attainment 8 and grade 5+ English and maths (57.7 and 67%)Better than 97% of towns in England
Each of Richmond upon Thames’s 40 primaries: % meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (2023–25)
Each of Richmond upon Thames’s 11 secondaries: Attainment 8 (2025/26)
England’s average schoolRichmond upon Thames’s average school
The primary figure: 40 primaries in the town, 6,831 pupils in results over three years. The secondary figure: 11 secondaries in the town, 2,018 pupils in results. Mainstream state schools only (grammar schools included); special schools, alternative provision, nurseries and 16–19 colleges are listed below but not graded. Each school’s results are compared with every school in England, then weighted by its pupils.
Map
Where Richmond upon Thames’s 60 state schools are
Each school at its address, coloured by its own letter and sized by pupils. Open a school for its own page. The dashed shape is Richmond upon Thames’s built-up area.
PrimarySecondarySpecial, nursery, 16–19Size: pupilsABCDNo letter
Most schools give places by distance once siblings are in, so the schools nearest a home matter more than any league table.
Results and intake
Which schools do better than their intake suggests
Schools with more pupils on free school meals tend to get lower results. The dashed line is the typical school in England for each level of free school meals; the band holds the middle two-thirds. A dot above the band is doing better than schools like it.
Primaries: KS2 reading, writing and maths against free school meals
Secondaries: Attainment 8 against free school meals
The share of pupils on free school meals runs from 2% at Barnes Primary School to 44% at St Richard's Church of England Primary School. Against schools with the same intake, Deer Park School does best: 93% with 6% on free school meals, where a typical school would reach 67%. 36 of 40 primaries and 11 of 11 secondaries are above the line.
Free school meals: pupils eligible now, DfE January 2026 census. The typical-school line is a straight-line fit across every graded school in England. It describes; it doesn’t grade: the School Grade uses results alone.
Getting a place
How school places work in Richmond upon Thames
Richmond upon Thames Council handles applications for every state school in Richmond upon Thames, academies included. You apply to the council where you live, even for a school in another area.
Secondary (starting at 11)Apply by 31 October of Year 6. Offers on 1 March.
Primary (starting in Reception)Apply by 15 January before the September your child starts. Offers on 16 April.
Moving mid-yearApply to the council for an in-year place; it tells you which schools have room.
When a school is full
Every school publishes its admissions rules. Children in care come first, then, at most schools, brothers and sisters of current pupils, then those who live nearest. 19 of Richmond upon Thames’s 56 mainstream schools have a religious character; some of them give priority by church attendance, so check each school’s rules. Infant classes are limited to 30 by law. If you’re refused a place, you can appeal to an independent panel.
Pupils on roll as a share of the school’s official capacity. The black tick is 100%; 8 schools are at or over it.
Grey Court118%
Waldegrave118%
Christ's113%
St Richard Reynolds107%
Meadlands incl. nursery105%
Chase Bridge incl. nursery104%
Orleans Park103%
St Richard Reynolds100%
Turing House100%
Deer Park99%
Show all 55 schools
St Stephen's C E99%
Hampton Junior99%
St Mary's and St Peter's99%
St Mary's98%
Barnes incl. nursery98%
Teddington98%
Bishop Perrin97%
St James's incl. nursery97%
The Richmond upon Thames97%
Collis incl. nursery96%
Lift Richmond Park95%
Sheen Mount95%
The King's95%
East Sheen94%
Hampton High94%
Hampton Infant incl. nursery94%
Orleans incl. nursery94%
St Edmund's incl. nursery94%
Archdeacon Cambridge's incl. nursery93%
Marshgate93%
Heathfield Junior93%
Trafalgar Junior91%
Twickenham90%
Carlisle Infant88%
St John the Baptist88%
The Russell incl. nursery88%
Thomson House87%
Hampton Hill Junior84%
Stanley incl. nursery83%
Heathfield Infant incl. nursery82%
The Vineyard82%
St Elizabeth's79%
St Mary's Hampton77%
Trafalgar Infant74%
St Mary Magdalen's72%
Hampton Wick Infant incl. nursery71%
Sacred Heart incl. nursery67%
Holy Trinity incl. nursery65%
St Richard's incl. nursery65%
St Osmund's62%
Buckingham incl. nursery60%
Lowther incl. nursery58%
Nelson incl. nursery55%
Darell incl. nursery46%
Kew Riverside40%
DfE register of schools (GIAS), January 2026 census. Capacity often excludes a nursery class, so a school with a nursery can show over 100%.
The schools
60 state schools in Richmond upon Thames
Each school’s own letter compares its results with every state school in England of the same phase: Key Stage 2 for primaries, GCSEs for secondaries. Open a school for its results, how its letter is worked out, Ofsted and a map.
Letters of Richmond upon Thames’s schoolsA39B9C3D09 without a letter
Key result: Attainment 8 and grade 5+ English and maths (GCSEs, 2025/26 provisional) for secondaries; the share meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (KS2, DfE’s three-year average) for primaries. Pupils: the January 2026 school census. No letter: an infant or first school (no KS2 tests), a new school, a small cohort DfE suppresses, or a special school, nursery or college. Independent schools aren’t included.
Ofsted
Ofsted report cards
Each school’s latest inspection; report cards replace one-word judgements as schools are re-inspected.
Outstanding 10Good 12Report card 6Ungraded inspection only 31No published grade 1
Ofsted stopped giving one-word judgements in 2024. Until a school is re-inspected, its last overall judgement is its most recent single grade; a school judged years ago may have changed a lot since.
Since November 2025 Ofsted gives each area of a school one of five grades (exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention, urgent improvement) and says whether safeguarding is met, instead of one overall word. 6 of Richmond upon Thames’s 60 state schools have a report card so far; the others show their last inspection under the old framework. Ofsted is never part of the School Grade.
Academies are state schools run by a trust rather than the council: the trust employs the staff and can set its own curriculum and term dates. Admissions still go through the council.
Helix Learning TrustClarendon, Strathmore, Capella House
3
350
—
Ascension Catholic Academy TrustSt Richard Reynolds, St Richard Reynolds
2
1,385
A+A+
Christ the Redeemer Catholic Education TrustSt Elizabeth's, St Osmund's
2
379
AA
Every Child, Every Day Academy TrustGrey Court
1
1,650
A
Waldegrave TrustWaldegrave
1
1,470
A
Orleans Park SchoolOrleans Park
1
1,403
A+
Russell Education TrustTuring House
1
1,047
A
Lift SchoolsLift Richmond Park
1
1,046
A−
Richmond Upon Thames School TrustThe Richmond upon Thames
1
760
A−
Bellevue Place Education TrustDeer Park
1
417
A+
Omnia Learning TrustTwickenham
1
380
B−
Wandle Learning TrustThomson House
1
366
A+
Latchmere Academy TrustNelson
1
227
C−
Instanter Learning TrustSt Mary's Hampton
1
161
B+
Richmond upon Thames CouncilChrist's, Collis, St James's, Chase Bridge, St Mary's and St Peter's, St Mary's, Sheen Mount, East Sheen, The Vineyard, Hampton Junior, Barnes, St Edmund's, Archdeacon Cambridge's, Orleans, St Stephen's C E, The King's, Marshgate, Stanley, Buckingham, Hampton Infant, Heathfield Junior, Holy Trinity, Hampton Hill Junior, Heathfield Infant, Trafalgar Junior, Lowther, Meadlands, Carlisle Infant, St John the Baptist, The Russell, Bishop Perrin, Darell, Hampton Wick Infant, Sacred Heart, St Richard's, St Mary Magdalen's, Trafalgar Infant, Kew Riverside, Windham Nursery
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14,585
AA+A+AA+AAAAAA+AAA−AA+A+BCBA−A−A−AA+BAA−C−BB−AA−
After 16
Where Richmond upon Thames’s teenagers go at 16
In England young people stay in education or training until 18: a sixth form, a college, or an apprenticeship.
9 of Richmond upon Thames’s 11 state secondaries have sixth forms: Christ's, Grey Court, Hampton High, Lift Richmond Park, Orleans Park, St Richard Reynolds, Teddington, Turing House and Waldegrave. Richmond and Hillcroft Adult and Community College (Rhacc), a further-education college, is in the London borough.
Secondaries with a sixth form
9 of 11
state schools in Richmond upon Thames
Colleges within 12 miles
4
nearest: Richmond and Hillcroft Adult and Community College (Rhacc)
Grammar schools in Richmond upon Thames
0
no selective state secondaries
College
Distance
Richmond and Hillcroft Adult and Community College (Rhacc)Further-education college · TW9 2RE
Special schools and alternative provision in Richmond upon Thames
Richmond upon Thames has 3 special schools (Capella House, Clarendon and Strathmore: 350 pupils). A special-school place isn’t applied for like a mainstream one: for a child with an education, health and care plan (EHCP), Richmond upon Thames Council names the school in the plan, after asking the family’s preference. These schools have no letter, because their results don’t compare with mainstream schools’. Their cards ↑
Richmond upon Thames Council’s SEND Local Offer lists support beyond these schools.
Towns its size
1st of 39 English towns and cities of 135,000 to 260,000
Ranked by School Grade, best first: the towns and cities either side of Richmond upon Thames, and the top and bottom of the group.
Ashford Common 1 school · uses schools within 3 km · 5.5 mi
A−
65%
50.7
Richmond upon Thames’s schools are graded at least as well as any neighbour’s. Small places often use the schools within 3 km, so neighbours can share schools.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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Expected standard at Key Stage 2. The share of 11-year-olds who reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths together, in tests and teacher assessment at the end of primary school. We use DfE’s three-year average (2023–2025) to steady small schools.
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Higher standard. The share working at greater depth in all three. In Richmond upon Thames: 21% (England’s average school: 8%).
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Attainment 8. A pupil’s GCSE grades across eight subjects, with English and maths counted twice, added up. 50 is roughly a grade 5 in every subject.
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Grade 5+ in English and maths. A strong pass in both. Grade 4 is a standard pass.
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Provisional. 2025/26 GCSE figures are DfE’s first release; revised figures follow in February, usually within a point.
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Progress 8. Not shown: there is none for 2025/26, because these pupils sat no KS2 tests in 2020 (Covid).
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Free school meals. Pupils eligible for free school meals now, from the January census: the usual measure of how many pupils come from low-income homes.
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Independent schools. Not included: they publish no results comparable with state schools’.
Questions about schools in Richmond upon Thames
Are schools in Richmond upon Thames good?
Richmond upon Thames’s state schools earn an A+ against schools across England: primary results beat 97% of towns in England; secondary results beat 97% of towns in England, on Department for Education Key Stage 2 and GCSE results. School places are handled by Richmond upon Thames council.
What is the best secondary school in Richmond upon Thames?
On 2025/26 GCSE results, Orleans Park School: Attainment 8 of 66.4 and 79% with grade 5+ in English and maths, against 47.3 at the average school in England. Results are one measure; distance decides most places.
What is the best primary school in Richmond upon Thames?
On Key Stage 2 results over 2023–25, Barnes Primary School: 94% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% at the average school in England.
Do Richmond upon Thames secondary schools have sixth forms?
9 of 11 do.
How do I apply for a school place in Richmond upon Thames?
Through Richmond upon Thames Council, for every state school including academies. Secondary applications close on 31 October (offers 1 March); primary on 15 January (offers 16 April).
How many schools in Richmond upon Thames are full?
8 of 55 mainstream schools have at least as many pupils as places, on DfE’s January 2026 census. A full school still admits by its rules, usually distance after siblings.
How many state schools are in Richmond upon Thames?
60 open state-funded schools are located in Richmond upon Thames’s built-up area: 45 primary, 11 secondary and 4 other (special schools, alternative provision, nurseries and 16–19). Independent schools aren’t included.
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026 · DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), further-education and sixth-form colleges · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
