St Richard's Catholic College
Secondary · Bexhill-on-Sea · TN40 1SE
Data updated
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 12 October 2021
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
1,029 pupils · 114% of 900 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 14.3% of pupils (January 2026)
- Website
- http://www.strichardscc.com
- URN
- 151779
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 262 families named it first for 196 Year 7 places, 1.34 first choices per place. We hold 10 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2017 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 12 October 2021, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
1.34 first-choice applications per place196 places offered · 262 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.
Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7
The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.
Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: East Sussex school admissions
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 54% (East Sussex 80%, England 59%) · Any other White background 17% (East Sussex 5%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 9% (East Sussex 1%, England 4%) · Any other Asian background 7% (East Sussex 1%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (East Sussex 2%, England 3%) · Black African 4% (East Sussex 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (East Sussex 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (East Sussex 1%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 1% (East Sussex 0%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (East Sussex 0%, England 0%) · other groups together 2%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
2.87% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £54,433; 9.3% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 4/10more deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 5/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 30.5% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 17.9% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 34.5% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 17% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 36.1% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 70.2% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 2.5% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 27.2% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 20.3% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 54.5% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 13.8% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 23.1% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01021121 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £268,000542 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £178,500–£350,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 0an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 10an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 27an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 5an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted