Goresbrook School

Barking and Dagenham · RM9 6XW

General information All-through School · 4-18 years Who goes here 1089 pupils, 32.5% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted and results

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Goresbrook School

General Information

Address: Cook Road, Dagenham, RM9 6XW – View on map
Phone: 02035976666
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Miss Megan Harris
Age range: 4-18 years
Furthest place offered from (Sept 2026 entry): 2.12 km away From the council's own Sept 2026 admissions data - not a fixed catchment boundary, and no guarantee for future years, since it shifts with demand each year.
Demand for places (Year 7, September 2026): 114 families put it first for 124 places – 9 for every 10 places. 65% of them were offered a place. 4 of the 124 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 6 · 2024 5 · 2025 6 · 2026 9
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 47 families put it first for 51 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 4 of the 51 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
Sixth form: Yes
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Multi-faith
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

1089 pupils out of 1500 places Plenty of room

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 313
% eligible for free school meals: 32.5%
Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (similar to the Barking and Dagenham average)
English as an additional language: 54% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 28.5% a year (Barking and Dagenham 15.1%, typical in England 15.5%)
Where they went: about 65% moved to another school, 35% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Barking and Dagenham: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 36 (1.7 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.7)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 6
Suspensions for bullying: 20 (0.9 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.9)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 3 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.8)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state secondary schools in Barking and Dagenham, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 4.8%
Persistently absent pupils: 13.7%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 8.9%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.4%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 46 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 21 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 18 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 4 pupils
Physical disability: 3 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 7 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
Vision impairment: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

No overall grade given 2024 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted stopped giving single overall grades for a period between September 2024 and November 2025 - this school's most recent inspection falls in that window, so there's no single rating to show, even though it was inspected. The full report (linked below) still has the detail.

SecondaryGCSE results, Year 11

Attainment 8 score: 55.6
Compared with the area: 6.4 points above the Barking and Dagenham average (49.2)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (+3.1 points against an expected 52.5)
Grade 4+ in English and maths: 77% (Barking and Dagenham 69%, England 65%) Broadly steady
Data year: 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

GCSE results over time

This schoolBarking and Dagenham averageEngland↗ Improving Up 2.2 points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 6.4 points above the Barking and Dagenham average (49.2).

About the Attainment 8 score

Attainment 8 measures a pupil's average result across 8 GCSE-equivalent qualifications (English and maths count double). It shows how pupils performed, not how much progress they made getting there - a school with a higher score doesn't necessarily add more value, since pupils often arrive with different starting points. Progress 8 is the measure designed to account for that, but it currently can't be calculated for any school for the two most recent academic years, due to a nationwide gap in the data caused by COVID-19 disruption to Key Stage 2 testing.

2nd of 13 all-through schools in Barking and Dagenham for Attainment 8

#1All Saints Catholic School and Technology College56.1
#2Goresbrook School55.6
#3Riverside School55.5
#4The Sydney Russell School51.2

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Attainment 8 ranking

Illustrative MVP scores - not based on verified data yet.

Rank School Score

#1All Saints Catholic School and Technology College56.1
#2Goresbrook School55.6
#3Riverside School55.5
#4The Sydney Russell School51.2
#5Robert Clack School50.5
#6Jo Richardson Community School50.2
#7Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College49.7
#8The Warren School47.6
#9Greatfields School45.6
#10Eastbury Community School44.8
#11Dagenham Park CofE School42.1
#12Brook Sixth Form and Academy38.7
#13Eastbrook School37.2

Leaver Destinations

In education, employment, or training a year later: 92.0%
Went into further education: 89.0%
Data year: 2024/25

About leaver destinations

This shows where a school's Year 11 leavers were recorded the following year - in a "sustained" destination means in education, an apprenticeship, or employment for at least 6 months, not just enrolled briefly. It's a different picture from exam results alone, and can highlight schools that support pupils well beyond just their GCSE grades.

GCSE Subjects Offered

Maths (General)
English Literature
English Language
Science Double Award
French Language
History
Geography
Statistics
Religious Studies
Chemistry (General)
Sociology
Biology
Physics (General)
Art & Design
Sports Studies
Speech & Drama
Music Studies (General)
Bengali
Spanish
Portuguese
Urdu
Russian
Arabic
Persian Language
German

About this subject list

This isn't the school's own description of its curriculum - it's real DfE exam entry data, showing which GCSE subjects this school's pupils were actually entered for in 2024/25. A subject not appearing here may still be taught but had no pupils entered that year, so treat this as a helpful guide rather than a complete guarantee - it's worth confirming directly with the school for the year your child would actually study.

PrimaryYear 6 SATs results

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 75% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 4% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 8 percentage points above the Barking and Dagenham average (67%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 55% against an expected 63%)
3-year average (expected standard): 55%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 85% · Writing 78% · Maths 91% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 71%
Average test scores: reading 105, maths 105
Based on: 55 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolBarking and Dagenham averageEngland↗ Improving Up 28 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 8 percentage points above the Barking and Dagenham average (67%).

Year 6 SATs: 14th of 43 junior and primary schools in the area

=12Beam Primary School76%
=12Monteagle Primary School76%
#14Goresbrook School75%
=15Ripple Primary School73%
=15Thomas Arnold Primary School, Rowdowns Road73%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

=1Rush Green Primary School89%
=1St Margarets CofE Primary School89%
#3Riverside Primary School87%
#4Eastbury Community School84%
=5St Joseph's Catholic Primary School83%
=5The St Teresa Catholic Primary School83%
=5The Sydney Russell School83%
=8St Peter's Catholic Primary School79%
=8Warren Junior School79%
#10Manor Junior School78%
#11Henry Green Primary School77%
=12Beam Primary School76%
=12Monteagle Primary School76%
#14Goresbrook School75%
=15Ripple Primary School73%
=15Thomas Arnold Primary School, Rowdowns Road73%
=17Hunters Hall Primary School72%
=17John Perry Primary School72%
=17Richard Alibon Primary School with ARP for Cognitive and Learning Difficulties : SEN Base72%
#20Godwin Primary School71%
=21George Carey Church of England Primary School70%
=21Parsloes Primary School70%
=21The Leys Primary School70%
#24Northbury Primary School69%
=25St Joseph's Catholic Primary School67%
=25Thames View Junior School67%
=25William Ford CofE Junior School67%
=28St Vincent's Catholic Primary School66%
=28The James Cambell Primary School66%
#30Eastbrook School65%
#31Manor Primary School64%
=32Five Elms Primary School61%
=32William Bellamy Primary School61%
#34Valence Primary School60%
=35Gascoigne Primary School59%
=35Roding Primary School59%
#37Marsh Green Primary School58%
#38Dorothy Barley Junior Academy57%
=39Grafton Primary School56%
=39Southwood Primary School56%
#41Becontree Primary School53%
#42Rose Lane Primary School48%
#43Eastbury Primary School45%

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Financials

Spending per pupil: £8,846 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

9th of 13 all-through schools in Barking and Dagenham for spending per pupil

#7Greatfields School£8,989
#8Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College£8,882
#9Goresbrook School£8,846
#10Robert Clack School£8,613
#11The Sydney Russell School£8,351

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Brook Sixth Form and Academy£12,021
#2Jo Richardson Community School£11,631
#3Eastbrook School£11,521
#4Dagenham Park CofE School£9,495
#5Eastbury Community School£9,386
#6All Saints Catholic School and Technology College£9,042
#7Greatfields School£8,989
#8Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College£8,882
#9Goresbrook School£8,846
#10Robert Clack School£8,613
#11The Sydney Russell School£8,351
#12Riverside School£8,046
#13The Warren School£7,828

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General Information

Who goes here

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Behaviour

Across Barking and Dagenham: suspensions by reason

Attendance

SEN

Most common needs - SEN Support

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Educational Attainment

Attainment 8 ranking

Leaver Destinations ?

GCSE Subjects Offered ?

Year 6 SATs ranking

Financials

Spending Per Pupil ranking

Leaver Destinations

GCSE Subjects Offered