Royal Docks Academy
Prince Regent Lane, Custom House, London, E16 3HS
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- BMAT EDUCATION
- Headteacher
- Ms Stephanie Shaldas
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- BMAT Education
- SEN provision
- PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- West Ham and Beckton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,200
- Pupils on roll
- 849
- URN
- 145410
- Local authority
- Newham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02075402700
About this school
Royal Docks Academy is a secondary academy in London. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 849 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Royal Docks Academy, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 167 | 168 | 150 |
| Attainment 8 score | 43.5 | 40.4 | 39.6 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.20 -0.44 to +0.04 | -0.41 -0.65 to -0.18 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 44% | 41.7% | 41.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 62% | 61.3% | 56.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 63% | 58.3% | 28.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
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 Royal Docks Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Newham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 43.5 | 46.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 40.4 | 46.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 39.6 | 47.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 883 |
| 2023/24 | 880 |
| 2024/25 | 905 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Royal Docks Academy compares
Royal Docks Academy ranked 20th of 20 secondary schools in Newham for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 37% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 9% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 39.6 | 9.5% | 62.8% | 849 | — |
| Oasis Academy Silvertown | 45.1 | 9.2% | 47.6% | 512 | 0.6 miles |
| Cumberland Community School | 52.6 | 4.4% | 58% | 1,308 | 0.7 miles |
| Brampton Manor Academy | 59.9 | 5.7% | 45.5% | 2,987 | 0.9 miles |
| Kingsford Community School | 50.1 | 7.6% | 53.8% | 1,437 | 0.9 miles |
| Rokeby School | 50.8 | 9% | 56% | 473 | 1.0 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report27 January 2026
- 28 September 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 62.75%
- English as an additional language
- 62.1%
- Overall absence
- 9.51%
- Persistent absence
- 28.08%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Oasis Academy Silvertown0.6 miles
Secondary · London
-
Cumberland Community School0.7 miles
Secondary · London
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Brampton Manor Academy0.9 miles
Secondary · London
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Kingsford Community School0.9 miles
Secondary · London
-
Rokeby School1.0 miles
Secondary · London
Other schools in London
Royal Docks Academy ranks 242nd of the 258 ranked secondary schools in London.
- Acland Burghley School Secondary
- Ada Lovelace Church of England High School Secondary
- Addey and Stanhope School Secondary
- AIM Academy North London Secondary
- Alexandra Park School Secondary
- All Saints Catholic College Secondary
- All Saints Catholic High School Secondary
- Ark Acton Academy Secondary
- Ark All Saints Academy Secondary
- Ark Bolingbroke Academy Secondary
- Ark Burlington Danes Academy Secondary
- Ark Elvin Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Royal Docks Academy teach?
- Royal Docks Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of Royal Docks Academy?
- The headteacher of Royal Docks Academy is Ms Stephanie Shaldas, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Royal Docks Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Royal Docks Academy, 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 Royal Docks Academy?
- Royal Docks Academy has 849 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Royal Docks Academy full?
- Royal Docks Academy has capacity for 1,200 pupils and 849 on roll (71%), 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 Royal Docks Academy a faith school?
- No. Royal Docks Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Royal Docks Academy a selective school?
- No. Royal Docks Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Royal Docks Academy part of an academy trust?
- Royal Docks Academy is part of BMAT EDUCATION. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Royal Docks Academy have?
- The schools register lists Royal Docks Academy's special educational needs provision as: PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Royal Docks Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 43.5 in 2022/23 and 39.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Royal Docks Academy compare with other schools in Newham?
- Royal Docks Academy ranked 20th of 20 secondary schools in Newham for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 37% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 9% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Royal Docks Academy's absence rate?
- Royal Docks Academy's overall absence rate is 9.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Royal Docks Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Royal Docks Academy'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 10 July 2026.