Sir Thomas Rich's School

State-Funded School

sir-thomas-richs-school-gloucestershire-south-west

South WestRegion

GloucestershireLocal Authority

TewkesburyConstituency

GL2 0LFPostcode

9.0

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Sir Thomas Rich's School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–18, located in Gloucestershire, South West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 1,240 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 9 Dec 2025 · published 28 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Achievement
Strong standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Post-16 provision
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 77.2
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 98.7%
EBacc average point score: 6.87

Ethnicity

White

55%

Asian

30%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

1,240

Total Pupils

88%Boys

12%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

17%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 1,240
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
22 Nov 2021	Good	Good	Good	Outstanding	Good
4 May 2007	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.