The Richmond School, Skegness
Richmond Drive, Skegness, PE25 3SH
This school is closed (it closed in February 2024).
It was replaced by The Richmond Primary Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Vicky Ross
- Constituency
- Boston and Skegness
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 414
- URN
- 120494
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
About this school
The Richmond School, Skegness was a community primary school in Skegness. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 414 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
The Richmond School, Skegness has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 58 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 36% | 30% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 50% | 47% |
| Expected standard in maths | 45% | 58% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 47% | 37% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 98.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.40 | - |
| Writing progress | -3.50 | - |
| Maths progress | -4.10 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How The Richmond School, Skegness has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Lincolnshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 36% | 54% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 30% | 54.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 56.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 406 |
| 2023/24 | 414 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Richmond School, Skegness compares
Its absence rate was lower than 50% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.7% | 35.3% | 414 | — |
| The Richmond Primary Academy | 50% | 6.3% | 38.3% | 374 | 0.0 miles |
| Skegness Infant Academy | — | 4.7% | 56.5% | 260 | 0.6 miles |
| Skegness Junior Academy | 51% | 5.6% | 70.3% | 318 | 0.7 miles |
| Beacon Primary Academy | 70% | 5.3% | 37.4% | 206 | 1.0 miles |
| Seathorne Primary Academy | 67% | 6.3% | 53.4% | 285 | 1.7 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 35.3%
- English as an additional language
- 8.5%
- Overall absence
- 5.7%
- Persistent absence
- 18.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Richmond Primary Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Skegness
-
Skegness Infant Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Skegness
-
Skegness Junior Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Skegness
-
Beacon Primary Academy1.0 miles
Primary · Skegness
-
Seathorne Primary Academy1.7 miles
Primary · Skegness
Other schools in Skegness
- Beacon Primary Academy Primary
- Chapel St Leonards Primary School Primary
- Hogsthorpe Primary Academy Primary
- Ingoldmells Academy Primary
- Seathorne Primary Academy Primary
- Skegness Infant Academy Primary
- Skegness Junior Academy Primary
- The Richmond Primary Academy Primary
- The St Peter and St Paul C of E Primary School Primary
- The Wainfleet Magdalen Church of England/Methodist School Primary
- Skegness Academy Secondary
- Skegness Grammar School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does The Richmond School, Skegness teach?
- The Richmond School, Skegness taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Skegness.
- Has The Richmond School, Skegness been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected The Richmond School, Skegness 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 The Richmond School, Skegness?
- The Richmond School, Skegness had 414 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have The Richmond School, Skegness's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 36% in 2022/23 and 30% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are The Richmond School, Skegness's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Richmond School, Skegness'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 9 July 2024.