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Robert Clack School

All-through · Mixed · Ages 3–18 · Community school

Gosfield Road, Dagenham RM8 1JU · robertclack.co.uk · 020 8270 4200

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Nov 2023
GCSEs, 2024/25
50.5
average Attainment 8 score. Barking and Dagenham 48.4, England 46
Last distance offered
1.70 mi
2.74 km · Year 7, September 2024 entry · Barking and Dagenham Council
Demand for places
0.8
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
3,231
731 over 2,500 places · 129%
Local authority
Barking and Dagenham
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery class
No
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
30.4%
First language not English
25.3%
School census 2025/26

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2024, the last place offered on distance went to a home 1.70 mi (2.74 km) from the school. Source: Barking and Dagenham Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 430 families put the school first and 507 places were offered; 99% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

Demand for places

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 472 (Places 540)472September 2023: 547 (Places 540)547September 2024: 509 (Places 536)509September 2025: 413 (Places 479)413September 2026: 430 (Places 507)430Places 507
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20265074300.899%
September 2025Sept 20254794130.9100%
September 2024Sept 20245365090.989%
September 2023Sept 20235405471▲85%
September 2022Sept 20225404720.994%

Last distance offered

Year 7Distance
September 20241.70 mi2.74 km

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 50.5, and 50.2% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Barking and Dagenham it was 48.4, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B- (35.9 points per entry).

Key stage 2 results

2024/25SchoolEngland
Reading, writing and maths
Expected standardn/a62%
Higher standardn/a8%
Average scaled score
Readingn/a106
Mathsn/a105
Grammar and spellingn/a105

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 47.4 (England 46.3)47.42017/18: 46.4 (England 46.5)46.42018/19: 45.8 (England 46.7)45.82021/22: 49.9 (England 48.8)49.92022/23: 50.5 (England 46.3)50.52023/24: 49.1 (England 45.9)49.12024/25: 50.5 (England 46.0)50.5England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲50.546.0
▲50.2%45.4%
▲72.3%64.8%
▼7.7%40.5%
●3.984.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form56.4−3.6
Sixth form college2.6+0.9
Further education30.1+0.5
Other education0.6—
Apprenticeship1.2+0.6
Employment0.9−0.5
Not in a lasting destination5−0.1
Activity not captured3.2+1.5

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 31.7 (England 30.5)C+2016/17: 31.5 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 34.3 (England 32.1)C+2018/19: 31.6 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 36.4 (England 37.9)B-2022/23: 37.0 (England 34.2)B-2023/24: 37.1 (England 34.4)B-2024/25: 35.9 (England 35.0)B-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
120 studentsB- (35.9)Below average -0.17
120 studentsB- (35.9)Below average -0.17
87 studentsDist (34.4)Average +0.02
38 studentsDist+ (37.2)Average -0.02
15.7%AAB or better
96.6%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24112B- (37.1)+0.06
2022/23120B- (37)—
2021/22145B- (36.4)—
2018/19133C (31.6)-0.23
2017/18140C+ (34.3)+0.05
2016/17133C (31.5)-0.05
2015/16130C+ (31.7)-0.01

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University63.7−1.1
Further and other education3−3.6
Further education1.2−1.4
Other education1.8−2.2
Apprenticeship5.3+4.4
Employment11.1−4.8
Not in a lasting destination9.4+2.8
Activity not captured7.6+2.3

Ofsted

Robert Clack School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 22 November 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
22 Nov 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Early yearsGood
Sixth formOutstanding

Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2013

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Oct 2013Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
  • Dec 2007Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding

What parents said

100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (315 replies, to 6 April 2026).

Recommend
100%
Replies
315
10% · 6 Apr 2026
Child is happy at school▲98% agreeEngland 84%
Child feels safe▲97% agreeEngland 85%
Pupils are well behaved▲94% agreeEngland 78%
Gets the right support to learn▲95% agreeEngland 78%
School communicates well●79% agreeEngland 77%
Acts in child’s best interests▲87% agreeEngland 76%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲84% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 25% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲61% agreeEngland 43%

based on 13 parents (4%) whose child was bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲75% agreeEngland 63%

based on 32 parents (10%) with SEND

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