St Richard's Catholic College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From East Sussex County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →St Richard's Catholic College is a secondary school in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex for ages 11–16 (academy converter). East Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2017 to 2026 entry.
St Richard's Catholic 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 | Not published |
| Year 7 2024 | Not published |
| Year 7 2023 | Not published |
| Year 7 2022 | Not published |
| Year 7 2021 | Not published |
| Year 7 2020 | Not published |
| Year 7 2019 | Not published |
| Year 7 2018 | Not published |
| Year 7 2017 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Year 7 2026 drew 262 first-choice applications for 196 offers, 1.3 per offer, the 3rd highest of 22 East Sussex secondary schools.
- In Year 7 2026, 193 offers went to first-choice families and 69 first-choice families (26%) were not offered a place; 3 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 14.3% of pupils, against a middle figure of 30.9% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in East Sussex.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other East Sussex schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Ashdown Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, TN40 1SE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- East Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 1,029 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 262 first-preference applications, 196 offers in total, 193 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 East Sussex.
- Bexhill High Academy 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Mulberry Academy St Leonards 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ark Alexandra Academy 4.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Claverham Community College 5.1 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Mulberry Academy Hastings 6.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Catherine's College 8.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Turing School 9.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Robertsbridge Community College 9.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published