Ripley St Thomas Church of England Academy
Secondary schoolRipley St Thomas Church of England Academy is a secondary school in Lancaster, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 1,755 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), December 2022
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 14 December 2022
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Ripley St Thomas Church of England Academy was 49.1, against 48.7 in Lancaster and 46.2 in England.
55.1% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Lancaster | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 49.1 | 48.7 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 55.1% | 52.1% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 77.2% | 68.1% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 276 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Jamea Al KautharIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file600 m
- Bowerham Primary & Nursery SchoolPrimary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)700 m
- Lancaster Girls' Grammar SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), September 2022. Attainment 8 of 72.1 (2025/26, provisional)730 m
- Lancaster Dallas Road Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)830 m
- Scotforth St Paul's Church of England Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2023. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)950 m
- The Cathedral Catholic Primary School, LancasterPrimary. Standards maintained, March 2025. 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Lancaster
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).