St Richard's Catholic College
Ashdown Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, TN40 1SE
This school is closed (it closed in September 2025).
It was replaced by St Richard's Catholic College. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Principal
- Mr Paul Barber
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Diocese
- Diocese of Arundel and Brighton
- Constituency
- Bexhill and Battle
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 900
- Pupils on roll
- 1,033
- URN
- 114612
- Local authority
- East Sussex
About this school
St Richard's Catholic College was a Roman Catholic voluntary aided secondary school in Bexhill-on-Sea. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 1,033 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
St Richard's Catholic College has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 198 | 205 | 203 |
| Attainment 8 score | 58.3 | 56.4 | 58.4 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.96 +0.76 to +1.16 | +0.65 +0.45 to +0.85 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 66% | 71.2% | 68.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 84% | 85.4% | 85.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 61% | 64.4% | 65% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.5 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How St Richard's Catholic College has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | East Sussex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 58.3 | 36.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 56.4 | 35 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 58.4 | 33.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,036 |
| 2023/24 | 1,026 |
| 2024/25 | 1,033 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How St Richard's Catholic College compares
Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 92% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 58.4 | 5.7% | 13.6% | 1,033 | — |
| St Richard's Catholic College | — | — | — | 1,029 | 0.0 miles |
| Bexhill High Academy | 41.7 | 8.9% | 31.1% | 1,441 | 1.7 miles |
| Mulberry Academy St Leonards | — | — | — | — | 2.2 miles |
| Ark Alexandra Academy | 42.6 | 9% | 33.8% | 1,315 | 4.2 miles |
| Claverham Community College | 50.3 | 7.2% | 20.6% | 1,147 | 5.1 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 13.55%
- English as an additional language
- 13.1%
- Overall absence
- 5.66%
- Persistent absence
- 11.77%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Richard's Catholic College0.0 miles
Secondary · Bexhill-on-Sea
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Bexhill High Academy1.7 miles
Secondary · Bexhill-on-Sea
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Mulberry Academy St Leonards2.2 miles
Secondary · St Leonards-on-Sea
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Ark Alexandra Academy4.2 miles
Secondary · Hastings
-
Claverham Community College5.1 miles
Secondary · Battle
Other schools in Bexhill-on-Sea
- Bexhill High Academy Secondary
- St Richard's Catholic College Secondary
- All Saints Church of England Primary School, Bexhill Primary
- Chantry Community Primary School Primary
- Glenleigh Park Primary Academy Primary
- King Offa Primary Academy Primary
- Little Common School Primary
- Pebsham Primary Academy Primary
- St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Peter and St Paul CofE Primary School Primary
- Bexhill College 16 plus
- Bexhill Independent Special School Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does St Richard's Catholic College teach?
- St Richard's Catholic College taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in Bexhill-on-Sea.
- Has St Richard's Catholic College been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected St Richard's Catholic College under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is St Richard's Catholic College?
- St Richard's Catholic College had 1,033 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- How have St Richard's Catholic College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 58.3 in 2022/23 and 58.4 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are St Richard's Catholic College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St Richard's Catholic College's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 4 December 2025.