Ricards Lodge High School, London

From the headteacher's welcome: "Ricards Lodge High School is an outstanding, over-subscribed and successful comprehensive school for girls with a thriving co-educational sixth form RR6. As a single sex all girls school, our students take the centre stage and have access to each and every opportunity supported by our dedicated and expert staff."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include tennis, dance and Duke of Edinburgh.

Coming up: an open evening on Wednesday 4 November 2026 and an open day on Wednesday 11 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Ricards Lodge High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 57.8, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 53.6 in Merton and 47 across England.

65% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 57% in Merton and 47% in England.

That is up from 54.2 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.66: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 50.5, against 61 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 10.5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 28 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Biology and Physics.

For September 2026 entry, 193 families put Ricards Lodge High School as their first choice and 744 named it as one of their preferences, for 266 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 34 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Ricards Lodge High School are RR6 (under 0.1 miles); TCES National Online School (0.6 miles); Wimbledon College (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 56); and Ursuline High School Wimbledon (1.2 miles, Attainment 8 63.2).

Ricards Lodge High School's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 2 schools.

Of the 227 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 94% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 20% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 0% into work.

Of the 102 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 80% went on to university or other higher education, 1% to apprenticeships and 7% into work. 24% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

37.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (30%), Asian (25%) and Mixed (11%).

In 2026, 274 pupils (17.9%) received SEN support and 42 (2.7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

Ricards Lodge High School has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs: 10 places, 6 pupils on roll.

The nearest Underground station is Wimbledon Park Underground Station, about 770 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Ricards Lodge High School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Ricards Lodge High School issued 48 suspensions, 3.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Ricards Lodge High School are Bishop Gilpin CofE Primary School (0.1 miles), The Priory CofE School (0.6 miles), Holy Trinity CofE Primary School (0.6 miles) and Wimbledon Park Primary School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.