Sir Thomas Rich's School
Academy converter in Gloucester, GL2 0LF, taking ages 11 to 18, boys, 1,240 on roll.
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Distance did not limit entry in 2024/25: Gloucestershire records the furthest offer at 457 miles, further than any school run. Distance is not what will decide a place here.
Applying for September 2027? Secondary applications close 31 October 2026; offers on 1 March 2027.
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No circle to draw: 457 miles is not a distance limit.
Sir Thomas Rich's School: no circle, distance did not limit entry Hillview Primary School: 1.31 miles, 2024/25, published by Gloucestershire
How to read this
Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Sir Thomas Rich's School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.
Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.
With no distance limit the map shows the school and the postcode you check, and claims nothing about a boundary.
The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.
One published year so far: 2024/25, from Gloucestershire. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.
Source: Gloucestershire, published admission distances, 2024/25
Where Sir Thomas Rich's School and Hillview Primary School are both in reach
Both distances are drawn on the map above. Hillview Primary School admitted from 1.31 miles in 2024/25, published by Gloucestershire. Its own page has the rest of its figures.
Districts inside both distances mean nothing when one of the two did not limit entry: a figure beyond any school run would put half a county inside it. The map above still shows both schools, and the postcode checker answers for both.
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If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Gloucestershire, 140 of 543 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (25.8%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.
Other schools nearby with a published distance
The closest schools to Sir Thomas Rich's School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.
| School | Phase | Admitted from | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longlevens Infant School Both in reach | Primary | 1.87 mi 2024/25 | 0.2 mi |
| Longlevens Junior School Both in reach | Primary | 0.66 mi 2024/25 | 0.4 mi |
| Elmbridge Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 1.17 mi 2024/25 | 0.5 mi |
| Barnwood Church of England Primary School | Primary | No limit 2024/25 | 0.8 mi |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary School | Primary | No limit 2024/25 | 1.0 mi |
| Hillview Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 1.31 mi 2024/25 | 1.1 mi |
The distance as a picture
What kind of school this is
| Admissions | Selective |
| Religious character | No religious character |
| Sixth form | Has a sixth form |
| How full | 1,240 pupils in 1,150 places (108% full, over capacity) |
| Trust | SIR THOMAS RICH'S SCHOOL |
| Local authority | Gloucestershire |
Department for Education register (GIAS).
How the school is doing
| Ofsted | Report card, December 2025: 7 areas strong or exceptional |
| Report card |
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| Attainment 8 | 77.2 (2024/25) |
| Year | Progress 8 |
|---|---|
| 2024/25 | not published |
| 2023/24 | +0.91 |
| 2022/23 | +0.84 |
Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.
Who goes to Sir Thomas Rich's School
| Girls and boys | 11.9% girls, 88.1% boys |
| English as an additional language | 17.0% of pupils |
| Free school meals | 5.5% of pupils eligible |
DfE school census, most recent published year.
Where Sir Thomas Rich's School's Year 11 went next
| Stayed for the sixth form | 94.8% |
| Sixth-form college | 1.3% |
| Further education college | 2.6% |
| Apprenticeship | 0.0% |
| Employment | 0.0% |
| No sustained destination recorded | 0.6% |
DfE destination measures, 2022/23. Broad categories only: the DfE does not publish which named schools or colleges pupils moved to.
Getting to Sir Thomas Rich's School by bus
Best-served stop: Old Cheltenham Road, 0.2 mi away, with 7.8 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; the service runs through the night.
Every stop within 600 m
| Stop | From the school | Weekday daytime, an hour | Evening | Sunday | Routes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Thomas Rich's School | 102 yd | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | DR1, DR2, DR3, DR4, DR7, DR8 |
| Kimberley Close | 105 yd | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 |
| Old Cheltenham Road | 0.2 mi | 7.8 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 94X, 94, 95, 96 |
These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.
Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026
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Common questions
What is the catchment area for Sir Thomas Rich's School?
Sir Thomas Rich's School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2024/25 lived 457 miles away, per Gloucestershire.
How close do I need to live to get a place at Sir Thomas Rich's School?
Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 457 miles was enough in 2024/25, and at 108% full the school has little slack. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.
Does buying a house near Sir Thomas Rich's School guarantee a place?
No. This is a selective school, so admission turns on the entrance assessment before distance is considered at all. The test's own free familiarisation papers are published by GL Assessment, CSSE (Essex and Southend) and Kent County Council; the school's admissions page says which test it uses and when to register. All grammar schools in England, by council. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.
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