Goresbrook School
Cook Road, Dagenham, RM9 6XW
- Phase
- All-through
- School type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 4 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Multi-faith
- Trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Megan Harris
- Religious ethos
- None
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- United Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Barking
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,500
- Pupils on roll
- 1,089
- URN
- 140962
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02035976666
About this school
Goresbrook School is an all-through academy in Dagenham. It teaches children aged 4 to 18 and has 1,089 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Goresbrook School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 78 | 85 | 55 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 47% | 48% | 75% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 1% | 5% | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 67% | 66% | 85% |
| Expected standard in maths | 62% | 67% | 91% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 65% | 71% | 71% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 103.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 103.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.20 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 101 | 111 | 114 |
| Attainment 8 score | 53.4 | 53.2 | 55.6 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.80 +0.51 to +1.10 | +0.87 +0.57 to +1.17 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 60% | 60.4% | 64% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 75% | 77.5% | 77.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 73% | 76.6% | 75.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Goresbrook School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Barking and Dagenham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 47% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 48% | 62.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 75% | 64.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | Barking and Dagenham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 53.4 | 44.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 53.2 | 41.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 55.6 | 43.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,102 |
| 2023/24 | 1,083 |
| 2024/25 | 1,036 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Goresbrook School compares
Goresbrook School ranked 2nd of 13 secondary schools in Barking and Dagenham for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 88% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 55.6 | 4.8% | 33% | 1,089 | — |
| The Sydney Russell School | 51.2 | 5.4% | 29.3% | 2,568 | 1.1 miles |
| Eastbury Community School | 44.8 | 7.7% | 31.1% | 2,039 | 1.9 miles |
| Eastbrook School | 37.2 | 9.2% | 39.8% | 1,320 | 1.9 miles |
| Loxford School | 54.4 | 6.6% | 24.6% | 2,799 | 2.1 miles |
| Robert Clack School | 50.5 | 7.6% | 32.1% | 3,231 | 2.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 33.04%
- English as an additional language
- 51.1%
- Overall absence
- 4.81%
- Persistent absence
- 13.66%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Sydney Russell School1.1 miles
All-through · Dagenham
-
Eastbury Community School1.9 miles
All-through · Barking
-
Eastbrook School1.9 miles
All-through · Dagenham
-
Loxford School2.1 miles
All-through · Ilford
-
Robert Clack School2.3 miles
All-through · Dagenham
Other schools in Dagenham
Goresbrook School ranks 7th of the 29 ranked primary schools in Dagenham, and Goresbrook School ranks 2nd of the 9 ranked secondary schools in Dagenham.
- Eastbrook School All-through
- Robert Clack School All-through
- The Sydney Russell School All-through
- Beam Primary School Primary
- Becontree Primary School Primary
- Dorothy Barley Infants' School Primary
- Dorothy Barley Junior Academy Primary
- Five Elms Primary School Primary
- Godwin Primary School Primary
- Grafton Primary School Primary
- Henry Green Primary School Primary
- Hunters Hall Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Goresbrook School teach?
- Goresbrook School teaches children aged 4 to 18. It is an all-through school in Dagenham.
- Who is the headteacher of Goresbrook School?
- The headteacher of Goresbrook School is Miss Megan Harris, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Goresbrook School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Goresbrook School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Goresbrook School?
- Goresbrook School has 1,089 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 18.
- Is Goresbrook School full?
- Goresbrook School has capacity for 1,500 pupils and 1,089 on roll (73%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Goresbrook School a faith school?
- Yes. Goresbrook School is designated Multi-faith.
- Does Goresbrook School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Goresbrook School as having nursery classes.
- Is Goresbrook School part of an academy trust?
- Goresbrook School is part of UNITED LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Goresbrook School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 47% in 2022/23 and 75% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Goresbrook School compare with other schools in Barking and Dagenham?
- Goresbrook School ranked 2nd of 13 secondary schools in Barking and Dagenham for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 88% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Goresbrook School's absence rate?
- Goresbrook School's overall absence rate is 4.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Goresbrook School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Goresbrook School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.