Jo Richardson Community School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
C69
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Dagenham, RM9 4UN
- Distance
- 0.3km away
Goresbrook School
Cook Road, Dagenham, RM9 6XW
Local ranking2nd of 13 secondary schools in Barking and Dagenham
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
All-through
Phase
1500
Capacity
2-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 15 October 2024. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 15 October 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Sixth form provision
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 56.6 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 62.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 80.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 110
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
- 93.0%
- Higher education
- 89.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 2.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B-
Avg A-Level Grade
35.9
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
35.3
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
31
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 9.7% nat17.5%
- 16-18 Cohort
- 86
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1036
- Boys
- 542 (50%)
- Girls
- 547 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1500 (73% full)
- SEND
- 12.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 33.0%
- EAL
- 51.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.4%
- SEN Support
- 10.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 63.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,846/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
- 4.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 13.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- Religious Character
- Multi-faith
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- Black African: 31.2%
- White British: 15.9%
- White Other: 13.2%
- Asian Pakistani: 9.0%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 8.5%
- Mixed Other: 3.2%
- Black Caribbean: 2.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.8%
31.2%
Black African
15.9%
White British
13.2%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Cook Road
Dagenham, London
Administrative
- URN
- 140962
- UKPRN
- 10047206
- Establishment No.
- 4003
- Trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
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