St Richard Reynolds Catholic High School, London

In 2026, pupils at St Richard Reynolds Catholic High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 63.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 56.8 in Richmond upon Thames and 47 across England.

84% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 65% in Richmond upon Thames and 47% in England.

That is up from 61.8 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 56.9, against 64.8 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 7.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 26 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 200 families put St Richard Reynolds Catholic High School as their first choice and 987 named it as one of their preferences, for 192 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 57 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to St Richard Reynolds Catholic High School are The Richmond upon Thames School (0.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 52.9); Orleans Park School (0.6 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 66.4); Waldegrave School (0.9 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 64.5); and Grey Court School (1.1 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 61.7).

St Richard Reynolds Catholic High School's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

St Richard Reynolds Catholic High School is one of 6 schools run by Ascension Catholic Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 149 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 95% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 17% to a further education college.

Of the 125 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 70% went on to university or other higher education, 2% to apprenticeships and 16% into work. 42% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

8.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 33.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (48%), Mixed (10%) and Asian (5%).

In 2026, 103 pupils (8.8%) received SEN support and 43 (3.7%) 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.

The nearest railway station is Twickenham Rail Station, about 370 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Twickenham / Albany, 260 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Richard Reynolds Catholic High School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, St Richard Reynolds Catholic High School issued 22 suspensions, 1.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to St Richard Reynolds Catholic High School are St Richard Reynolds Catholic Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Twickenham Primary Academy (0.3 miles), St Mary's Church of England Primary School (0.3 miles) and Archdeacon Cambridge's Church of England Primary School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.