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St Richard's Catholic College

Secondary school · Academy converter · ages 11 to 16 · Mixed

Ashdown Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, TN40 1SE

  • Pupils1,029
  • Ages11 to 16
  • Latest Ofsted12 Oct 2021
  • FundingState-funded
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Ofsted inspections

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Graded inspection · 12 Oct 2021

This inspection was of a predecessor school, before it reopened under its current reference number. Ofsted says grades of a predecessor school can’t, in law, transfer to the new one.

Overall effectiveness: Good

  • Quality of educationGood
  • Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
  • Personal developmentOutstanding
  • Leadership and managementOutstanding
  • Safeguarding is effectiveYes

Grades run from Outstanding to Inadequate (four steps, left to right).

S5 Inspection · report published 11 Jan 2022

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Source: Ofsted, state-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (latest inspections as at 30 September 2026). Newer inspections may be on Ofsted’s website. How Ofsted inspections work.

Results

No results for this school are in the performance tables we use. Results are published for schools with pupils at the end of Year 6, Year 11 or 16 to 18 study, and figures are hidden when very few pupils are involved.

Source: Department for Education, school performance tables. England and local authority figures are the DfE’s own, for the same year.

Pupils and attendance

Pupils
1,029 (capacity 900)
544 girls, 485 boys
Eligible for free school meals
14.3% (currently eligible, census of January 2026)

Sources: Get Information about Schools; DfE school census and absence statistics via the performance tables. What these figures mean.

About the school

Type
Academy converter (Academies)
Phase
Secondary
Trust
BOSCO CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
Sponsor
Bosco Catholic Education Trust
Boys, girls or mixed
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Diocese
Diocese of Arundel and Brighton
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Nursery
No Nursery Classes
Sixth form
Does not have a sixth form
Opened
1 October 2025
Local authority
East Sussex
Parliamentary constituency
Bexhill and Battle
URN
151779 (the DfE’s reference number for the school)

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Admissions

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