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Richmond School & Sixth Form College

URN
145090
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Richmond School & Sixth Form College
URN
145090
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-18
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Good

69 / 100

Good

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

60

Inspection

78

Admissions Value

61

Destinations

62

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Top 50% of secondary schools in England

Top 50% nationally

#16 of 39 schools in North Yorkshire

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: High competition
  • Admissions risk: High risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Very Safe
  • National comparison: Lower crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for Richmond School & Sixth Form College

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Competitiveness on published admissions data
  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Ofsted inspections

Report card (from November 2025)

From November 2025, Ofsted no longer gives a single overall grade. Schools receive grades across several areas on a report card.

Latest publication date
19 April 2026
Inspection date
3 February 2026
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingMet

Inspection outcomes

  • Safeguarding

    Met

    Graded 3 February 2026

  • Inclusion

    Expected standard

    Graded 3 February 2026

  • Curriculum and teaching

Admissions

High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

243

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

482

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

243

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

1.98×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
North Yorkshire
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (North Yorkshire)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
http://www.richmondschool.net

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select North Yorkshire to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

45.6

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

42.3%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

65.6%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

43.3%

EBacc achievement

Location

DL10 7BQ - Darlington Road, Richmond, North Yorkshire

Contact details

Address
Darlington Road, Richmond, North Yorkshire
Postcode
DL10 7BQ
Phone
1748850111
Website
http://www.richmondschool.net
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Administrative details

Local authority name
North Yorkshire
Local authority code
815

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 656 schools in North Yorkshire.

Authority statistics

Total schools

656

Open schools

381

Closed schools

275

Primary schools

485

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Expected standard

    Graded 3 February 2026

  • Achievement

    Expected standard

    Graded 3 February 2026

  • Attendance and behaviour

    Expected standard

    Graded 3 February 2026

  • Personal development and wellbeing

    Expected standard

    Graded 3 February 2026

  • Leadership and governance

    Expected standard

    Graded 3 February 2026

  • Post-16

    Strong standard
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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 2 inspections on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    19 April 20263 February 2026S5 InspectionReport cardView report for inspection published 19 April 2026
    9 March 202219 January 2022S5 InspectionSchool remains GoodView report for inspection published 9 March 2022
    • Report card

      Published
      19 April 2026
      Inspected
      3 February 2026
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report
    • School remains Good

      Published
      9 March 2022
      Inspected
      19 January 2022
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    50.4%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 236

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    20.9%

    Post-16 (A level)

    Average

    Post-16 (A level) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education 16 to 18 performance (A level) for academic year 2024/25.

    Average point score per entry

    APS

    35.3

    Value added

    Value added

    +0.02

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    16.7%

    Retention

    Retention %

    Not published

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    85.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    5.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    5.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    4.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    76

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary485 (74.4%)
    • Secondary76 (11.7%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other91 (14.0%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Richmond School0 mSecondaryClosed
    Richmond Methodist Primary School316 mPrimaryOpen
    St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy375 mPrimaryOpen
    St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Richmond375 mPrimaryClosed
    Trinity Academy Richmond429 mPrimaryOpen
    Richmond Church of England Primary and Nursery School429 mPrimaryClosed
    St Francis Xavier School - a Joint Catholic and Church of England Voluntary Academy479 mSecondaryOpen
    St Francis Xavier School479 mSecondaryClosed
    Assumption School1.7 kmNot applicableClosed
    Assumption School1.8 kmNot applicableClosed
    • Richmond School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Richmond Methodist Primary School
      Distance
      316 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy
      Distance
      375 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Richmond
      Distance
      375 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (North Yorkshire)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Aireville SchoolSecondaryBD23 1UQClosed
    Barlby High SchoolSecondaryYO8 5JPClosed
    Barlby High SchoolSecondaryYO8 5JPOpen
    Bedale High SchoolSecondaryDL8 2EQOpen
    Boroughbridge High SchoolSecondaryYO51 9JXOpen
    • Aireville School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      BD23 1UQ
      Status
      Closed
    • Barlby High School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      YO8 5JP
      Status
      Closed
    • Barlby High School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      YO8 5JP
      Status
      Open
    • Bedale High School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      DL8 2EQ
      Status
      Open
    • Boroughbridge High School
    Trinity Academy Richmond
    Distance
    429 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Richmond Church of England Primary and Nursery School
    Distance
    429 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • St Francis Xavier School - a Joint Catholic and Church of England Voluntary Academy
    Distance
    479 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • St Francis Xavier School
    Distance
    479 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Assumption School
    Distance
    1.7 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Assumption School
    Distance
    1.8 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    YO51 9JX
    Status
    Open