All-through
The Sydney Russell School
Parsloes Avenue, Dagenham, RM9 5QT
Key facts
- Phase
- All-through
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 2568 of 2670 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.2
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Trust
- PARTNERSHIP LEARNING
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 159.8
- All staff (FTE)
- 225.6
- Pupils per adult
- 11.5
- Pupils
- 2,593
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2026
- AchievementStrong standard
- Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
- Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
- Early yearsStrong standard
- InclusionStrong standard
- Leadership and governanceStrong standard
- Sixth formExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExceptional
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
September 2021
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
GCSE results
53%
4 points above the Dagenham average (49% across 4 schools)
51.2
2.6 above the Dagenham average (48.6 across 4 schools)
2nd of 4 by our score, among the all-through schools in Dagenham we can score - 6 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 108 |
| Average reading score | 108 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 83% |
| Working at a higher standard | 7% |
| Attainment 8 | 51.2 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.79 |
| Entered the EBacc | 72% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 69% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 53% |
| A level average points per entry | 37.29 |
| A level students | 133 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 69% |
| 23/24 | 70% |
| 24/25 | 83% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 60% |
| 22/23 | 55% |
| 23/24 | 58% |
| 24/25 | 53% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 37.5 |
| 22/23 | 38.3 |
| 23/24 | 37.7 |
| 24/25 | 37.3 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 106.0 |
| 23/24 | 107.0 |
| 24/25 | 108.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.26 |
| 22/23 | +0.38 |
| 23/24 | +0.72 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 107.0 |
| 23/24 | 108.0 |
| 24/25 | 108.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 52.8 |
| 22/23 | 51.5 |
| 23/24 | 53.4 |
| 24/25 | 51.2 |
Parsloes Avenue, Dagenham, RM9 5QT
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Barking and Dagenham admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Clare Cross
- Address
- Parsloes Avenue, Dagenham, RM9 5QT
- Telephone
- 02039599900