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Royal Docks Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 849Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 145410URN

Prince Regent Lane, Custom House, London, E16 3HS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.8per place
0.8 above Newham median (3.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Newham

362 applications for 96 places · 4th of 19 in Newham
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
40.0of 90
20th of 20 in Newham
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 27 January 2026Published 19 April 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingNeeds attention
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected 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

  1. 27 January 2026
    Report card · 4 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
  2. 28 September 2021
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
3.8applications per place, Year 7
0.8 above Newham median (3.0) 1.5 above England median (2.2)

362 applications · 96 places offered · 70 named it first

  1. 2026 3.8; Newham median median 3.0
  2. 2025 2.8; Newham median median 2.9
  3. 2024 2.6; Newham median median 3.0
  4. 2023 2.6; Newham median median 2.9
  5. 2022 2.7; Newham median median 2.8
  6. 2021 2.5; Newham median median 2.9
  7. 2020 2.7; Newham median median 2.8
  8. 2019 2.4; Newham median median 2.9
  9. 2018 3.1; Newham median median 3.1
  10. 2017 3.5; Newham median median 3.0; as the previous school
  11. 2016 3.0; Newham median median 3.2; as the previous school
  12. 2015 3.7; Newham median median 3.0; as the previous school
  13. 2014 3.5; Newham median median 3.2; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Newham median in 1 of 9 years.
  • This school
  • Newham median

Dashed bars: as Royal Docks Academy (URN 131929), the previous school.

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026963623.8700.73
Sep 20251644572.8980.60
Sep 20241965102.61230.63
Sep 20231814752.6990.55
Sep 20221674442.71080.65
Sep 20211714232.51220.71
Sep 20201704522.71120.66
Sep 20191754132.4870.50
Sep 20181384263.1880.64
Sep 2017 *1224213.5880.72
Sep 2016 *1394143.0720.52
Sep 2015 *1033843.7830.81
Sep 2014 *1143933.5850.75

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

147 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)40.020th of 20 in Newham
Grade 5 or above in English and maths36%19th of 20 in Newham
Grade 4 or above in English and maths60%
  • This school
  • Newham median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.41
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)14740.036%60%–
2024/2515039.641%57%–
2023/2416840.442%61%−0.41
2022/2316743.544%62%−0.20

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

  • 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 sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
145410 · 316/4013
Trust
Bmat Education
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,200 pupils · 849 on roll
Free school meals
62.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 January 2018
Replaced
Royal Docks Academy (URN 131929)
Address
Prince Regent Lane, Custom House, London, E16 3HS
Local authority
Newham

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources