St Richards Catholic College

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St Richard's Catholic College
Motto Comitas, Scientia, Caritas
Religious affiliation Roman Catholic
Headteacher Mr Anthony Campbell
Specialism Science College
Location Ashdown Road
Bexhill-on-Sea
East Sussex
TN40 1SE
England
LEA East Sussex
Ofsted number 114612
Students 856
Gender Coeducational
Ages 11 to 16
Houses Gwynne, Rigby, Howard and Wells
Website http://www.st-richards.e-sussex.sch.uk/
Coordinates: 50°50′35″N 0°29′19″E / 50.84305, 0.48867

'St. Richard's Catholic College is a Specialist Science College with Leading Edge status. The college is a secondary school situated in Bexhill-on-sea in East Sussex. It has also been awarded High Performing Specialist School (HPSS) and 'Outstanding' by Ofsted.

The school is split into 4 houses - Gwynne, Rigby, Howard and Wells. Gwynne is Green. Rigby is Red. Howard is Blue. And Wells is Yellow. Every year these houses compete against each other in a school sports day. These events consist of: various distance running; 100m, 200m, 300m, 500m, 800m and 1500m, shot put, long jump, triple jump, javelin. This day is topped off with the famous inter-house relay.

It takes girls and boys from age 11 to age 16, and there are over a thousand pupils in the years 7–11. Every year the school takes in 200 new pupils.

The school teaches many subjects: Maths, English, Science, French, German, Art, Drama, Dance, PE, RE, Music, Business Studies, Sports Studies, Media Studies, Food Tech, Graphics, Wood Tech, Metal Tech, ICT, PSHE, History, Geography, Leasure and Tourism, and others.