Situated in the leafy outer suburbs of London, Richmond is known for its excellent secondary schools, with four graded ‘Outstanding’ by Oftsed.

The latest data from the government also shows that the majority of Richmond’s schools have above average GCSE results.

The information is based on measures including Attainment 8, which is an average score across eight GCSE subjects, including English and maths. The higher the score, the better a school’s result.

Across Richmond the average Attainment 8 score was 53.88 (excluding special schools).

This was well above the England average of 46.7 for state-funded schools.

In Richmond, the top scorer was Waldegrave School with an Attainment 8 score of 63.9.

This was followed by Orleans Park School, with a score of 59.6.

However, there were two schools in the borough with Attainment 8 scores below the national average. These were Hampton High (44.9) and Twickenham School (43.5).

The Department for Education figures also looked at students’ Progress 8 score – a measure which monitors pupils’ progress between Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 4.

A Progress 8 score of 1.0 means pupils made, on average, a grade more progress than the national average. A score of -0.5 means they made on average half a grade less progress than average.

In total three of Richmond’s secondary schools performed “well above average,” based on their Progress 8 score.

Waldegrave School also topped this list, receiving an impressive score of 0.83.

No schools were graded “below average” for their Progress 8 score in the borough, showing good progress is being made across Richmond’s schools.

This data is for state schools only. Some schools do not publish their data because they are new schools that do not have any pupils taking GCSEs yet, or have a very small number of pupils where publication could lead to them being identified.

The top schools in Richmond for 2019 for GCSEs, ranked by their Attainment 8 score, are as follows:

Waldegrave School – 63.9

Orleans Park School – 59.6

Teddington School – 57.1

Grey Court School – 56.9

St Richard Reynolds Catholic High School – 56.1

Christ’s Church of England Comprehensive Secondary School – 51.7

Richmond Park Academy – 51.2

Hampton High – 44.9

Twickenham School – 43.5