St Richard

St Richard Reynolds Catholic College was formally proposed by the Diocese of Westminster, in partnership with the Diocese of Southwark, in January 2012 following a campaign by the local Catholic community and others. It had also been a 2010 election pledge of the local council administration to "work for a Catholic secondary school". Richmond Council had purchased a site suitable for the proposed school in July 2011 for £8.45 million. A local campaign group, Richmond Inclusive Schools Campaign (RISC), and local opposition politicians said that a community academy should be considered for the site instead. The proposals for the primary school included 10 places that would be allocated…

The college is located at a site that was originally Twickenham County School for Girls, and subsequently part of Richmond Adult Community College (RACC). The site was temporarily shared until RACC relocated to its other campus in Richmond towards the end of 2014, vacating the Edwardian main building which was refurbished for use by the school in 2015. A new teaching block was constructed on the site in 2017.