Jo Richardson Community School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
C69
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Dagenham, RM9 4UN
- Distance
- 1.4km away
Riverside School
Renwick Road, Barking, IG11 0FU
Local ranking1st of 13 secondary schools in Barking and Dagenham
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1824
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 5 October 2022. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 57.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 63.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 79.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 252
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 93.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 84.0%
- Higher education
- 72.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B-
Avg A-Level Grade
38.0
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
37.9
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
62
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 17.7% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 44.2
- 16-18 Cohort
- 173
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1542
- Boys
- 816 (53%)
- Girls
- 734 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1824 (85% full)
- SEND
- 4.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 33.9%
- EAL
- 29.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.8%
- SEN Support
- 3.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 13.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 112.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,046/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
- 4.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 7.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- Black African: 36.2%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 12.4%
- White Other: 9.7%
- White British: 7.5%
- Asian Pakistani: 6.4%
- Black Other: 5.6%
- Asian Other: 4.6%
- Black Caribbean: 3.8%
36.2%
Black African
12.4%
Asian Bangladeshi
9.7%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Renwick Road
Barking, London
Administrative
- URN
- 139791
- UKPRN
- 10042052
- Establishment No.
- 4001
- Trust
- PARTNERSHIP LEARNING
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Score
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