Richmond School & Sixth Form College
Ofsted: Expected standardAcademy converter · Secondary
Richmond · DL10 7BQ · North Yorkshire
Ages 11–18
- Att847.8
- P80.2
- EM5+51%
- Absence9.2%
2.0 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: Not judgedURN 121663
Risedale School
Community school · Catterick Garrison · DL9 4BD
Ages 11–16 · 467 pupils · North Yorkshire
Ofsted
Not judged
Attainment 8
32.3
Overall absence
12.4%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2024-12-03
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.56
−20+2
Attainment 832.3
English & maths grade 5+8%
English & maths grade 4+18%
EBacc entry40%
EBacc APS: 2.9
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence12.4%
Persistent absence (10%+)37.2%
Unauthorised5.3%
- Authorised absence
- 7.2%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 7.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 615
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill50%
467 pupils · 925 places
- Pupils on roll
- 467
- Boys / girls
- 247 / 220
- School capacity
- 925
- Capacity fill
- 467 / 925 (50%)
- Free school meals
- 36%
- FSM pupils
- 168
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lucy Greenwood
Location
- Address
- Hipswell
- Postcode
- DL9 4BD
- Town
- Catterick Garrison
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- District
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire, 467 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 36%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
St Francis Xavier School - a Joint Catholic and Church of England Voluntary Academy
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Secondary
Richmond · DL10 7DA · North Yorkshire
Ages 11–16
- Att856.4
- P81.0
- EM5+53%
- Absence5.2%
2.2 miles away
Hipswell Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Catterick Garrison · DL9 4BB · North Yorkshire
Ages 4–11
- KS244%
- Absence5.4%
- FSM27.3%
0.1 miles away
Cambrai Primary School
Ofsted: OutstandingFree schools · Primary
Catterick Garrison · DL9 4BZ · North Yorkshire
Ages 4–11
- Absence4.3%
- FSM17.9%
0.3 miles away
Community school · Primary
Catterick Garrison · DL9 4ED · North Yorkshire
Ages 3–11
- KS244%
- Absence5.0%
- FSM13.8%
0.5 miles away
Wavell Community Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Catterick Garrison · DL9 3BJ · North Yorkshire
Ages 3–11
- Absence6.3%
- FSM16.4%
0.6 miles away
Carnagill Community Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Catterick Garrison · DL9 3HN · North Yorkshire
Ages 3–11
- KS222%
- Absence5.5%
- FSM13.5%
0.9 miles away
Colburn Community Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedCommunity school · Primary
Catterick Garrison · DL9 4LS · North Yorkshire
Ages 3–11
- KS231%
- Absence7.4%
- FSM42.8%
1.0 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lucy Greenwood
- Telephone
- 01748833501