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Capella House School

Mixed · ages 4–19 · no sixth formRichmond upon Thames, London · Twickenham TW2 7SLTrust: Helix Learning TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
78of 76 places
Free school meals
41.0%
Year 11 cohort 2025
8
Ofsted
Good, 2 November 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

The Department for Education has not published where Capella House School’s Year 11 leavers went next (the cohort is too small to report), so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.

GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 6.9 against 46.1 across England and 56.6 in Richmond upon Thames, with 13% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

As an 11–16 school, Capella House School is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Richmond upon Thames and England.

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

GCSE results 2025

MeasureCapella House SchoolRichmond upon ThamesEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)6.956.646.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths13%65%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths13%81%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%54%41%
EBacc average point score0.215.224.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort38%18%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils39.434.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils60.350.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language0%20%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Art and Design788%7%0%24%14%
Biology225%23%45%
Mathematics225%88%22%
English Language113%89%20%

Other secondary schools in Richmond upon Thames

Grey Court School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,650 pupils

94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 62.8

Hampton High

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 847 pupils

84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.5

Lift Richmond Park

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,046 pupils

86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 56.1

Orleans Park School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,403 pupils

97% stayed in education · Attainment 8 64.4

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.