Christ's Church of England Comprehensive Secondary School

Voluntary aided school·Secondary school Richmond upon Thames·TW10 6HW
Composite score
71.2
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#359
National rank
#108
In London
#5
In Richmond upon Thames
Top 11%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
57.0
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
64%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
78%
% EBacc grade 5+
35%
EBacc average points score
5.04

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 03/02/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Inclusion
Strong standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Post-16 provision
Strong standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
57%
172 first choices, 149 places
First choices per place
1.15
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
730
any preference, for 149 places
Applications from another council area
30%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.16
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0120220.9920231.1620240.9920251.152026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Christ's Church of England Comprehensive Secondary School yet. Richmond upon Thames does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–19
Pupils on roll
1,037
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.7%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
19.9%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.3%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
4.7%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.6%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
22.2%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.5
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,835
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
92%
152 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
89%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
3%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Christ's Church of England Comprehensive Secondary School

Christ's Church of England Comprehensive Secondary School is a secondary school in Richmond upon Thames, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. Around 1,037 pupils aged 11 to 19 attend the school. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 57.0 — well above the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 1.0 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 11% of secondary schools in England.

64% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 78% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Christ's Church of England Comprehensive Secondary School is oversubscribed: about 6 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 172 first choices for 149 places. After Year 11, 92% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.6%. There are about 19.5 pupils per teacher. Christ's Church of England Comprehensive Secondary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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