Goresbrook School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B79
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- Location
- Dagenham, RM9 6XW
- Distance
- 0.3km away
Jo Richardson Community School
Castle Green, Gale Street, Dagenham, RM9 4UN
Local ranking6th of 13 secondary schools in Barking and Dagenham
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1700
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 8 May 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 47.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 44.6% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 66.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 287
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 89.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Higher education
- 76.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 10.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B-
Avg A-Level Grade
37.2
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
37.4
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
82
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 6.2% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 39.9
- 16-18 Cohort
- 224
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1686
- Boys
- 864 (51%)
- Girls
- 832 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1700 (100% full)
- SEND
- 12.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 38.6%
- EAL
- 22.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.3%
- SEN Support
- 9.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 115.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £11,631/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 33.8%
- Black African: 18.4%
- White Other: 11.0%
- Mixed Other: 9.2%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 7.8%
- Asian Pakistani: 3.2%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.8%
- Asian Indian: 2.8%
33.8%
White British
18.4%
Black African
11.0%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 133561
- UKPRN
- 10016124
- Establishment No.
- 4029
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