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Royal Docks Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Prince Regent Lane, Custom House, London E16 3HS · royaldocksacademy.org · 020 7540 2700
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jan 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 39.6
- average Attainment 8 score. Newham 51.2, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Newham Council
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 849
- 71% of 1,200 places
- Local authority
- Newham
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 62.8%
- First language not English
- 60.9%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Bmat Education
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Newham Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 70 families put the school first and 96 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 96 | 70 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 164 | 98 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 196 | 123 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 181 | 99 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 167 | 108 | 0.6 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 39.6, and 41.3% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Newham it was 51.2, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼39.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼41.3% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼56.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼28.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.60 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 131929)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 22.6 | +3.6 |
| Sixth form college | 17.9 | −16.9 |
| Further education | 41.1 | +4.4 |
| Apprenticeship | 0.6 | — |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7.7 | +2 |
| Activity not captured | 10.1 | +8.8 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Royal Docks Academy on 27 January 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Needs attention
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 27 Jan 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Needs attention |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2021
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 131929), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2021Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2017Requires improvement
Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 131929)
What parents said
46% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (39 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 46%
- Positive
- 44%
- Replies
- 39
- 4% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 95% who raised concerns
based on 19 parents (49%) whose child was bullied
based on 10 parents (26%) with SEND