Academy · East Sussex
St Richard's Catholic College
- Secondary
- Ages 11–16
- Roman Catholic
Term dates
Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow East Sussex council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.
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How places are given: as a Roman Catholic school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.
How many families applied: Year 7
For September 2026, 262 families put this school as their first choice, and 196 places were offered. 193 of the families who put it first got a place (74%). More families put it first than there were places.
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
Latest graded inspection, 12 October 2021. Overall: Good It was inspected as St Richard's Catholic College, before the school changed (for example, became an academy).
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
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
- Academy
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Pupils
- 1029 (capacity 900)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Diocese of Arundel and Brighton
- Academy trust
- BOSCO CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
- Phone
- 01424731070
- Address
- Ashdown Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, TN40 1SE
- Website
- strichardscc.com
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.