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St Richard's Catholic College: data, trends and context

St Richard's Catholic College is a secondary school in East Sussex. 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
151779
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
East Sussex
Region
South East
Trust
BOSCO CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
Postcode
TN40 1SE
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,029
FSM eligible
14.3%
EAL / First language other than English
14.9%
SEND (total)
14.6%
SEN Support
12.5%
EHCP
2.0%
White British
54.0%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
94.3%
Overall absence
5.7%
Persistent absence
11.8%
Severe absence
1.3%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
East SussexLocal authority90.6%9.4%3.6%
South EastRegion91.5%8.5%2.8%
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
9.8%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
5.5%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.00%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
58.4
English & maths grade 5+
68.5%
English & maths grade 4+
85.7%

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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St Richard's Catholic College is a secondary school in East Sussex. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.