Ricards Lodge High School

Term dates

Merton council sets the term dates for this school. See all Merton dates, taken from the council's own page.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

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Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 193 families put this school as their first choice, and 266 places were offered. 159 of the families who put it first got a place (82%).

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Short (ungraded) inspection, 14 September 2023: School remains Outstanding.

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Community school

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–19

Pupils

1534 (capacity 1500)

Gender

Girls

Phone

02089462208

Address

Lake Road, Wimbledon, London, SW19 7HB

Website

ricardslodge.merton.sch.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports