The Sydney Russell School | School performance

83%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

69%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

52%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

51.2

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

72%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

1634.9

EBacc APS · 2024/25

2,640

Pupils · 2024/25

32%

EAL · 2024/25

12%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

83%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

69%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

52%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

51.2

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

72%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

1634.9

EBacc APS · 2024/25

2,640

Pupils · 2024/25

32%

EAL · 2024/25

12%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

83%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

69%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

52%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

51.2

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

72%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

1634.9

EBacc APS · 2024/25

2,640

Pupils · 2024/25

32%

EAL · 2024/25

12%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 15/09/2021

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityBarking and Dagenham

PhaseAll-through with sixth form

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio17.0:1

AdmissionsNon-selective

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of The Sydney Russell School · All-through · Barking and Dagenham

Part ofPARTNERSHIP LEARNING

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

83%

+13pp

83%76%69%

'19'23'24'25

'25 · 83%

RWM higher standard

+5pp

10%6%2%

'19'23'24'25

'25 · 7%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

92%

Reading higher standard

49%

Writing expected standard

86%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

91%

Maths higher standard

38%

Science expected standard

86%

SPAG expected standard

90%

SPAG higher standard

52%

Reading scaled score

108.0

Maths scaled score

108.0

GPS scaled score

109.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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How does this school perform?

Key Stage 4 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

GCSE 9–4 incl. Eng & maths

69%

-8pp

78%72%65%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 69%

GCSE 5+ incl. Eng & maths

52%

-6pp

60%55%49%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 53%

Attainment 8

51.2

-2.2

53.451.850.1

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 51.2

EBacc entry

72%

-2pp

79%73%67%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 72%

EBacc APS

1634.9

-43.5

1678.51538.21397.8

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 1634.9

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Sixth form

Key Stage 5 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

A-level APS

37.3

-0.4

38.336.033.8

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 37.3

A-level value added

+0.10

+0.1

+0.3+0.1-0.1

'17'18'19'24'25

'25 · +0.1

AAB+ in facilitating subjects

15%

+3pp

15%12%8%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 15%

Average A-level grade

B-

B-C+C+

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · B-

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

2,640

Pupil : teacher ratio

17.0

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

32%

FSM eligible

29%

SEN

14%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

12%

Contact

Address

Parsloes Avenue, Dagenham, RM9 5QT

Local authority

Barking and Dagenham

Website

http://sydneyrussellschool.com/

Telephone

02039599900

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	83%	7%	92%	49%	86%	7%	91%	38%	86%	90%	108.0	108.0	109.0	—	—	—	14%	2,640
2023/24	70%	2%	89%	31%	73%	2%	92%	45%	88%	85%	107.0	108.0	109.0	—	—	—	12%	2,593
2022/23	69%	10%	81%	33%	75%	14%	92%	31%	79%	85%	106.0	107.0	108.0	+1.40	+0.90	+2.70	13%	2,557
2018/19	80%	3%	90%	13%	83%	17%	97%	40%	90%	93%	105.0	108.0	109.0	+2.30	+1.00	+3.50	6%	2,275
2017/18	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	—	2,146
2016/17	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	8%	2,050

Secondary — Key Stage 4

GCSE attainment and Progress 8 — how pupils progressed from KS2 to KS4.

Year	GCSE 9–4	GCSE 5+	Attainment 8	Progress 8	EBacc entry	EBacc APS	EBacc lang entry	Cohort
2024/25	69%	52%	51.2	Not applicable	72%	1634.9	73%	2,640
2023/24	77%	58%	53.4	+0.72	74%	1678.5	75%	2,593
2022/23	73%	55%	51.5	+0.38	79%	1632.0	80%	2,557
2021/22	78%	60%	52.8	+0.26	73%	1590.3	73%	2,581
2018/19	65%	49%	50.1	+0.38	67%	1397.8	76%	2,275
2017/18	61%	41%	47.3	+0.17	73%	1331.0	75%	2,146
2016/17	58%	39%	47.5	+0.32	75%	—	95%	2,050

Sixth form — Key Stage 5

Year	A-level APS	Avg grade	VA progress	AAB+	Cohort
2024/25	37.3	B-	+0.10	15%	133
2023/24	37.7	B-	+0.03	12%	94
2022/23	38.3	B-	—	9%	97
2021/22	37.5	B-	—	9%	103
2018/19	33.8	C+	-0.08	8%	93
2017/18	32.6	C+	+0.01	5%	108
2016/17	32.3	C+	+0.32	4%	100

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	2,640	17.3	14%	32%	29%	5%	12%
2023/24	2,593	16.3	12%	33%	28%	5%	12%
2022/23	2,557	17.4	13%	34%	29%	5%	13%
2021/22	2,581	18.2	10%	33%	30%	6%	15%
2020/21	2,496	17.1	9%	33%	27%	—	—
2018/19	2,275	17.9	6%	30%	34%	4%	9%
2017/18	—	18.0	—	—	—	4%	9%
2016/17	2,050	17.0	8%	25%	40%	4%	8%