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Christ's Church of England Comprehensive Secondary School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 56 56.4 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B B 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
56.4 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
67.4% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
26.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.31 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 57[6] 63.9%[6]
2023/24 56[4] 67.8%[4] +0.31[4]
2022/23 54.9[7] 60%[7] +0.34[7]
2021/22 61[8] 73%[8] +0.40[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
41.1% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B-[10] 21.7%[10]
2022/23 B[11] 27.4%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 27.3%[12]
2018/19 B-[13] 16.7%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
92% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
51% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
5% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
30% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[14]
Employment
3% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 92%[15] 66%[15] 3%[15] 21%[15] 1%[15] 0%[15]
2020/21 95%[16] 55%[16] 7%[16] 25%[16] 3%[16] 3%[16]
2019/20 95%[17] 51%[17] 6%[17] 33%[17] 0%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 94%[18] 54%[18] 0%[18] 35%[18] 1%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
91% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
65% 2022/23[19]
Education
71% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[19]
Employment
19% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 84%[20] 73%[20] 76%[20] 3%[20] 4%[20]
2020/21 87%[21] 73%[21] 75%[21] 0%[21] 12%[21]
2019/20 89%[22] 72%[22] 78%[22] 1%[22] 10%[22]
2018/19 75%[23] 56%[23] 64%[23] 0%[23] 11%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
93% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
49% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
42% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 90%[26] 43%[26]
2019/20 89%[25] 41%[25] 42%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 83%[27] 23%[27] 21%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 70%[28] 20%[28] 18%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
3 Feb 2026[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
20 Apr 2026[29]
Inclusion
Strong standard[29]
Achievement
Strong standard[29]
Safeguarding standards
Met[29]
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard[29]
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard[29]
Leadership and governance
Strong standard[29]
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard[29]
Post-16 provision (where applicable)
Strong standard[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
24 Nov 2021[30] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[30] No overall grade[30]
8 Nov 2016[31] S5 Inspection[31] Good[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
4.9 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
730 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
172 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
149 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
1.2 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 726[32] 143[32] 144[32] 5.0[32] 1.0[32]
Entry Sept 2024 770[32] 187[32] 161[32] 4.8[32] 1.2[32]
Entry Sept 2023 784[32] 190[32] 192[32] 4.1[32] 1.0[32]
Entry Sept 2022 816[32] 174[32] 173[32] 4.7[32] 1.0[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Voluntary aided school[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Church of England[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Capacity
930[1]
Local authority
Richmond upon Thames[1]
Website
www.christs.richmond.sch.uk[1]
District
Richmond upon Thames[33]
Postcode
TW10 6HW[1]
URN
102929[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1037 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
19.9% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
12.3% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
4.7% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
21.7% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
65.1%[35]
Mixed
16.7%[35]
Asian
6.9%[35]
Black
6%[35]
Any other ethnic group
3.1%[35]
Unclassified
2.2%[35]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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