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Ricards Lodge High School: data, trends and context

Ricards Lodge High School is a secondary school in Merton. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
102673
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Community school
Status
Open
Local authority
Merton
Region
London
Postcode
SW19 7HB
Gender intake
Girls
Religious character
Does not apply
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,534
FSM eligible
26.9%
EAL / First language other than English
37.5%
SEND (total)
20.6%
SEN Support
17.9%
EHCP
2.7%
White British
29.5%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
93.0%
Overall absence
7.0%
Persistent absence
19.0%
Severe absence
1.2%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
MertonLocal authority93.3%6.7%2.6%
LondonRegion92.7%7.3%2.9%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
3.3%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
1.6%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.00%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
54.2
English & maths grade 5+
55.4%
English & maths grade 4+
77.5%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Ricards Lodge High School is a secondary school in Merton. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.