Jo Richardson Community School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
C69
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Dagenham, RM9 4UN
- Distance
- 1.8km away
The Sydney Russell School
Parsloes Avenue, Dagenham, RM9 5QT
Local ranking4th of 13 secondary schools in Barking and Dagenham
Ofsted: StrongUpdated— score data refreshed 30 July 2026
All-through
Phase
2670
Capacity
4-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Strong standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Exceptional
- Leadership & governance
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 83.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 7.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 92.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 86.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 91.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 90.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 108.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 108.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 109.0
- Cohort Size
- 90
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 51.2 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 52.5% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 68.9% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 72.1% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.8 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 341
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 92.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Higher education
- 76.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 12.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25B-
Avg A-Level Grade
37.3
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
37.3
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
133
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 15.0% nat17.5%
- 16-18 Cohort
- 249
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 2640
- Boys
- 1282 (49%)
- Girls
- 1358 (51%)
- Capacity
- 2670 (99% full)
- SEND
- 13.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 29.3%
- EAL
- 32.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.6%
- SEN Support
- 11.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 153.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,351/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 11.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- All-through
- 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: 21.5%
- White Other: 16.8%
- Black African: 15.0%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 13.9%
- Asian Pakistani: 11.1%
- Asian Indian: 4.1%
- Asian Other: 3.4%
- Mixed Other: 3.3%
21.5%
White British
16.8%
White Other
15.0%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Parsloes Avenue
Dagenham, London
Administrative
- URN
- 141683
- UKPRN
- 10048673
- Establishment No.
- 4028
- Trust
- PARTNERSHIP LEARNING
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