Richmond School & Sixth Form College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Richmond, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From North Yorkshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Richmond School & Sixth Form College is a secondary school in Richmond, North Yorkshire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2011 to 2026 entry.
Richmond School & Sixth Form College catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Year 7 applicant was offered a place in 2026, but places ran out in all 4 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Year 7 entry in 2026 had 189 first-choice applications for 228 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 39 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 42% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the A level average grade was B- (England B-).
- There are 29.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 17.1 across the 8 nearest secondary schools in North Yorkshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other North Yorkshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Darlington Road, Richmond, DL10 7BQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,315 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 29.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 3 February 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils at Richmond School and Sixth Form College are safe and happy.”
- “They are part of a community and enjoy positive relationships with staff and their peers.”
- “Pupils know where to go when they need extra help.”
To improve
- “However, a minority of these pupils still do not attend regularly enough.”
- “A minority of pupils, particularly those with SEND, are suspended too often.”
- “However, this is work in progress.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 April 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 42% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 45.6 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 189 first-preference applications, 228 offers in total, 189 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in North Yorkshire.
- St Francis Xavier School - a Joint Catholic and Church of England Voluntary Academy 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Risedale School 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wensleydale School 7.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bedale High School 10.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Northallerton School & Sixth Form College 12.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Thirsk School & Sixth Form College 19.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ripon Grammar School 19.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Outwood Academy Ripon 20.1 mi Good Last distance published