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Christ's Church of England Comprehensive Secondary School

Richmond, TW10 6HW · Richmond upon Thames · secondary school

Ofsted report card · 2026 Lowest area: Expected standard Mixed Secondary Church of England
8.3/10 Well above average

6th of 11 secondary schools in Richmond upon Thames we can score. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.

Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still — 9.0/10 against 933 of them, against 8.2/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.

How this is worked out
MeasurePercentileWeightAdds
Ofsted 86 35% 2.99
Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 63.9 · 87 30% 2.60
Progress 8 2023/24 0.31 · 73 25% 1.83
Attainment 8 2024/25 57.0 · 89 10% 0.89

Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.

Get to know the school

How it's doing. The school is rated Good by Ofsted, with its most recent inspection in 2026. In 2024/25, 63.9% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 57.0, compared to the national median of 44.6. Progress 8 was +0.31 in 2023/24, indicating pupils did better than those nationally who started from the same place. Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still (9.0 out of 10 against similar schools, 8.2 out of 10 against all schools).

Getting in. The school has 1050 pupils in a capacity of 930, meaning it is over capacity by 120. The school is over its stated capacity, so places are competitive.

Worth asking on a visit. How does the school manage the high demand for places given the 120-pupil overage? What support structures are in place to help pupils maintain their strong progress scores? How does the school ensure all students access the full curriculum despite the high pupil-to-place ratio?

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