Queen's Road, Richmond, Surrey TW10 6HN
10 reasons to choose St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School, Richmond
Main point of differentiation
St Elizabeth’s Catholic Primary School, Richmond is one of the best state primary schools in Richmond and Kew, ranking in the top 50 schools in the country, with a Schoolsmith Score® of 74. It also has one of the better sports programmes among local primary schools. (read the area review here)
School fundamentals
St Elizabeth’s Catholic Primary School, Richmond is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is a Roman Catholic academy converter faith school. The school is one of the 4 members of Christ The Redeemer Catholic Education Trust. The school was also rated as Outstanding by Ofsted in its last (2023) inspection. It is one of the 5 most oversubscribed state primary schools for first preference Reception place applications in the Richmond upon Thames LEA.
Average class size
St Elizabeth’s Catholic Primary School, Richmond has one class per year and an average class size of 30 pupils.
Exam results and leavers' destinations
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that St Elizabeth’s Catholic Primary School, Richmond ranks in the top 1% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 8% of schools. Pupils go on to one of 20 secondary schools. About 50% go on to St Richard Reynolds Catholic College, 20% to academically selective private & state schools.
The St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School, Richmond curriculum
School curriculum emphasises Catholic social morality and also includes PSHE, French. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and residential trips from Year 4.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with specialist teaching for drama, languages, music and sport.
Sport at St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School, Richmond
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School, Richmond
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 8.00am (school staff) to 6.00pm (external contractor).
Find another school near St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School, Richmond
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Marshgate Primary School (0.5 miles); The Vineyard School (0.5 miles); The Russell Primary School (1.1 miles).
St Catherine’s School, Twickenham (2.6 miles); Kew House School (2.6 miles); Radnor House, Twickenham (2.8 miles).
Christ’s Church of England Comprehensive Secondary School (0.3 miles); Orleans Park School (1.8 miles); Grey Court School (1.9 miles).