Report card · inspected May 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Barking and Dagenham
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Exceptional | ||||
| Early years | Strong standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 12 May 2026Report card · 1 Exceptional, 6 Strong standard, 1 Expected standard
- 15 September 2021Graded inspection: Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry1,061 applications · 357 places offered · 361 named it first
- 2026 3.0; Barking and Dagenham median median 2.6
- 2025 3.0; Barking and Dagenham median median 2.5
- 2024 3.4; Barking and Dagenham median median 2.5
- 2023 3.5; Barking and Dagenham median median 2.5
- 2022 3.9; Barking and Dagenham median median 2.5
- 2021 4.0; Barking and Dagenham median median 2.7
- 2020 4.0; Barking and Dagenham median median 2.8
- 2019 4.2; Barking and Dagenham median median 3.4
- 2018 4.4; Barking and Dagenham median median 3.4
- 2017 4.1; Barking and Dagenham median median 3.4
- 2016 4.3; Barking and Dagenham median median 3.3
- 2015 3.7; Barking and Dagenham median median 3.0; as the previous school
- 2014 3.2; Barking and Dagenham median median 2.7; as the previous school
- This school
- Barking and Dagenham median
Dashed bars: as The Sydney Russell School (URN 101246), the previous school.
Reception entry, September 2026: 2.4 per place (183 applications for 76 places).
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 357 | 1,061 | 3.0 | 361 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2025 | 359 | 1,067 | 3.0 | 321 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2024 | 356 | 1,218 | 3.4 | 423 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2023 | 359 | 1,261 | 3.5 | 428 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2022 | 359 | 1,403 | 3.9 | 497 | 1.38 |
| Sep 2021 | 359 | 1,417 | 4.0 | 455 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2020 | 359 | 1,440 | 4.0 | 463 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2019 | 359 | 1,490 | 4.2 | 463 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2018 | 356 | 1,554 | 4.4 | 487 | 1.37 |
| Sep 2017 | 357 | 1,477 | 4.1 | 455 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2016 | 358 | 1,524 | 4.3 | 479 | 1.34 |
| Sep 2015 * | 360 | 1,328 | 3.7 | 478 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2014 * | 356 | 1,129 | 3.2 | 363 | 1.02 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 325 | 50.9 | 55% | 70% | – |
| 2024/25 | 341 | 51.2 | 53% | 69% | – |
| 2023/24 | 336 | 53.4 | 58% | 77% | +0.72 |
| 2022/23 | 338 | 51.5 | 55% | 73% | +0.38 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- The Sydney Russell SchoolThis schoolThis school20263.0applications per place 50.9Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · Barking and DagenhamOutstanding20242.9applications per place 47.4Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · Barking and DagenhamGraded · no overall grade20244.5applications per place 56.6Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · RedbridgeRemains Good20241.9applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · Barking and DagenhamOutstanding20242.9applications per place 53.8Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · Barking and DagenhamGood20232.3applications per place 51.1Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · Barking and Dagenham20252.9applications per place 39.6Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · Barking and DagenhamOutstanding20243.1applications per place 48.7Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · Barking and DagenhamStandards maintained20252.2applications per place 40.5Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- All-through
- URN · DfE number
- 141683 · 301/4028
- Trust
- Partnership Learning
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 2,670 pupils · 2,568 on roll
- Free school meals
- 27.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 February 2015
- Replaced
- The Sydney Russell School (URN 101246)
- Address
- Parsloes Avenue, Dagenham, RM9 5QT
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources