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Sir Thomas Rich's School: data, trends and context

Sir Thomas Rich's School is a secondary school in Gloucestershire. 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
136306
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Gloucestershire
Region
South West
Trust
SIR THOMAS RICH'S SCHOOL
Postcode
GL2 0LF
Gender intake
Boys
Religious character
Does not apply
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,240
FSM eligible
5.5%
EAL / First language other than English
17.0%
SEND (total)
13.1%
SEN Support
12.3%
EHCP
0.89%
White British
50.4%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
95.3%
Overall absence
4.7%
Persistent absence
9.6%
Severe absence
0.51%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
GloucestershireLocal authority91.3%8.7%2.2%
South WestRegion90.7%9.3%3.1%
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
0.32%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
0.32%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.00%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
77.2
English & maths grade 5+
98.7%
English & maths grade 4+
100.0%

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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Sir Thomas Rich's School is a secondary school in Gloucestershire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.