Ark Alexandra Academy
Academy sponsor led · 1,315 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.6
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St Richard's Catholic College
- Pupils on roll
- 1,029of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 14.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 203
- Ofsted
- Good, 12 October 2021Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: St Richard's Catholic College (URN 114612, until 1 June 2025).
What the data says
St Richard's Catholic College has no sixth form. Of the 198 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 63% moved to a sixth form college, 23% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 63% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
GCSE results in 2025 were well above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 58.4 against 46.1 across England and 43.1 in East Sussex, with 69% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 95% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in East Sussex and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | East Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 198 | 5,083 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 94% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 91% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 2% | 14% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 63% | 24% | 13% |
| — further education college | 23% | 44% | 37% |
| — other education | 4% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | East Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 58.4 | 43.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 69% | 42% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 86% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 65% | 37% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.48 | 3.80 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 16% | 26% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 43.5 | 30.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 61.3 | 47.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 11% | 7% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 204 | 100% | 89% | 35% | 20% | 87% |
| English Literature | 203 | 100% | 86% | 30% | 21% | 85% |
| Mathematics | 203 | 100% | 88% | 39% | 22% | 89% |
| Religious Studies | 192 | 95% | 31% | 52% | 32% | 81% |
| Combined Science | 173 | 85% | 65% | 20% | 9% | 77% |
| History | 105 | 52% | 41% | 39% | 26% | 87% |
| Geography | 88 | 43% | 41% | 40% | 25% | 83% |
| Spanish | 52 | 26% | 19% | 69% | 27% | 100% |
| French | 48 | 24% | 18% | 48% | 29% | 100% |
| Design and Technology | 40 | 20% | 11% | 30% | 23% | 83% |
| German | 33 | 16% | 5% | 76% | 33% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 26 | 13% | 23% | 85% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 26 | 13% | 23% | 85% | 46% | 100% |
| Biology | 26 | 13% | 23% | 81% | 45% | 100% |
| Business Studies | 25 | 12% | 18% | 28% | 20% | 92% |
| Statistics | 24 | 12% | 5% | 42% | 20% | 100% |
| Media Studies | 21 | 10% | 4% | 52% | 20% | 86% |
| Music | 19 | 9% | 5% | 74% | 33% | 100% |
| Fine Art | 17 | 8% | 9% | 59% | 28% | 100% |
| Physical Education | 16 | 8% | 11% | 38% | 24% | 94% |
| Drama | 13 | 6% | 7% | 31% | 27% | 77% |
| Computer Science | 13 | 6% | 13% | 69% | 30% | 92% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 13 | 6% | 8% | 31% | 21% | 92% |
| Art and Design | 11 | 5% | 7% | 45% | 24% | 100% |
| Polish | 9 | 4% | 1% | 100% | 84% | 100% |
| Astronomy | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 29% | — |
| Russian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports / Movement Science | 17 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 17 | — | — |
| Tourism | 14 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 13 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 4 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.