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Children in Richmond upon Thames
How children here are doing, from the 2-year check to the end of primary school, set against England as a whole.
Health and early years
At a glance
| Measure | Richmond upon Thames | England |
|---|---|---|
| On track in all five areas at the 2 to 2½ year review 2024/25 lower | 66.7% | 81.4% |
| Good level of development at the end of Reception 2024/25 higher | 77.0% | 68.3% |
| Phonics check met in Year 1 2024/25 higher | 88.5% | 79.8% |
| Reception children living with obesity 2024/25 lower | 4.6% | 10.5% |
| Year 6 children living with obesity 2024/25 lower | 12.1% | 22.2% |
| MMR first dose by age 2 2024/25 lower | 78.0% | 88.9% |
| MMR two doses by age 5 2024/25 lower | 68.8% | 83.7% |
| 5-year-olds with visible tooth decay 2023/24 lower | 17.5% | 22.4% |
| Primary pupils persistently absent 2024/25 lower | 8.6% | 13.0% |
| Children in relative low-income families (under 16) 2024/25 lower | 5.2% | 19.8% |
“Higher” or “lower” means the difference from England is bigger than the margin of error; “similar” means it isn’t. These are figures for all children in the council area, not for any one school or child.
End of primary school
Year 6 reading, writing and maths
| Year | Richmond upon Thames | England |
|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 81% | 65% |
| 2021/22 | 76% | 59% |
| 2022/23 | 74% | 60% |
| 2023/24 | 76% | 61% |
| 2024/25 | 78% | 63% |
| 2025/26 | 78% | 63% |
Share of pupils in state-funded schools meeting the expected standard in all three. 2025/26 figures are provisional. There were no tests in 2019/20 or 2020/21.
Schools
Primary schools in Richmond upon Thames
45 schools
- Archdeacon Cambridge's Church of England Primary School Twickenham
- Barnes Primary School London
- Bishop Perrin Church of England Primary School Twickenham
- Buckingham Primary School Hampton
- Carlisle Infant School Hampton
- Chase Bridge Primary School Twickenham
- Collis Primary School Teddington
- Darell Primary and Nursery School Richmond
- Deer Park School Twickenham
- East Sheen Primary School London
- Hampton Hill Junior School Hampton
- Hampton Infant School and Nursery Hampton
- Hampton Junior School Hampton
- Hampton Wick Infant and Nursery School Teddington
- Heathfield Infant School Twickenham
- Heathfield Junior School Twickenham
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School Richmond
- Kew Riverside Primary School Richmond
- Lowther Primary School London
- Marshgate Primary School Richmond
- Meadlands Primary School Richmond
- Nelson Primary School Twickenham
- Orleans Primary School Twickenham
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Teddington
- Sheen Mount Primary School London
- St Edmund's Catholic Primary School Twickenham
- St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School Richmond-upon-Thames
- St James's Catholic Primary School Twickenham
- St John the Baptist Church of England Junior School Kingston upon Thames
- St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Primary School London
- St Mary's and St Peter's Church of England Primary School Teddington
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School Twickenham
- St Mary's Hampton Church of England Primary Hampton
- St Osmund's Catholic Primary School London
- St Richard Reynolds Catholic Primary School London
- St Richard's Church of England Primary School Richmond
- St Stephen's C E Primary School Twickenham
- Stanley Primary School Teddington
- The King's Church of England Primary School Richmond
- The Russell Primary School Richmond
- The Vineyard School Richmond
- Thomson House School London
- Trafalgar Infant School Twickenham
- Trafalgar Junior School Twickenham
- Twickenham Primary Academy Twickenham