How far do you need to live from a school in Richmond upon Thames to get a place?

It depends on the school. Across the 9 Richmond upon Thames schools with a published figure, the last child admitted lived a median of 0.84 miles away; the tightest was Barnes Primary School at 0.25 miles. The distance moves every year with demand.

Do Richmond upon Thames schools have catchment areas?

Most English schools do not. When a school is oversubscribed, places are offered outward from the school until they run out, so what exists is how far the last admitted child lived, which the council publishes after each round. That is the figure on this page.

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How far Richmond upon Thames schools admitted from

For every oversubscribed school, Richmond upon Thames publishes how far away the last child offered a place lived. This is that figure for 9 schools, tightest first. A short distance means a school that fills up close to its gates; a long one means places went further afield.

9schools with a published figure

0.84 mithe middle school's distance

6filled within a mile

The tightest is Barnes Primary School at 0.25 miles in 2024/25; the most far-reaching, Nelson Primary School, admitted from 1.35 miles.

Primary schools

School	Ofsted	Admitted from	Round	How full
Barnes Primary School London	Outstanding	0.25 mi	2024/25	98%
Deer Park School Twickenham	No current grade	0.49 mi	2024/25	99%
Thomson House School London	No current grade	0.62 mi	2024/25	87%
Lowther Primary School London	No current grade	0.78 mi	2024/25	58%
Collis Primary School Teddington	No current grade	0.84 mi	2024/25	96%
Sheen Mount Primary School London	Good	0.84 mi	2024/25	95%
East Sheen Primary School London	Outstanding	1.04 mi	2024/25	94%
The Vineyard School Richmond	Good	1.21 mi	2024/25	82%
Nelson Primary School Twickenham	Good	1.35 mi	2024/25	55%

Reading the numbers

These are not catchment areas: most English schools have none. Each figure is the distance from the school to the home of the furthest child who was offered a place under the distance criterion in that round, as Richmond upon Thames measures it, which is usually a straight line from a fixed point at the home to one at the school. Looked-after children, siblings and, at faith schools, faith criteria come before distance, so a school can fill before distance is reached at all. The figure moves every year with the number of applications. How the whole process works →

Checking an address against these

Each school's page has a checker that measures a postcode against that school's distance. The full property report measures every nearby school at once, alongside sold prices, flood risk and the rest of the house.

Admission distances published by Richmond upon Thames. School details and grades from the Department for Education's register and Ofsted. If a figure looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.