Brook Sixth Form and Academy
Yew Tree Avenue, Rainham Road South, Dagenham, RM10 7FN
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- University technical college
- Ages
- 14 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- PARTNERSHIP LEARNING
- Headteacher
- Kim Donovan
- Sponsor
- Partnership Learning
- Constituency
- Dagenham and Rainham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 600
- Pupils on roll
- 273
- URN
- 148932
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
About this school
Brook Sixth Form and Academy is a secondary school in Dagenham. It teaches children aged 14 to 19 and has 273 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 10 | 16 | 26 |
| Attainment 8 score | 45.1 | 38.4 | 38.7 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.46 -1.59 to +0.67 | -0.60 -1.30 to +0.09 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 50% | 31.3% | 26.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 60% | 56.3% | 46.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
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 Brook Sixth Form and 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 | Barking and Dagenham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 45.1 | 44.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 38.4 | 41.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 38.7 | 43.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 160 |
| 2023/24 | 164 |
| 2024/25 | 237 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Brook Sixth Form and Academy compares
Brook Sixth Form and Academy ranked 12th of 13 secondary schools in Barking and Dagenham for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 34% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 38.7 | 6% | 46.3% | 273 | — |
| Dagenham Park CofE School | 42.1 | 7.8% | 42.4% | 1,414 | 1.1 miles |
| The Brittons Academy | 39.5 | 7.6% | 39.7% | 730 | 1.1 miles |
| All Saints Catholic School and Technology College | 56.1 | 3.6% | 26.5% | 1,345 | 1.3 miles |
| Hornchurch High School | 54 | 7.3% | 32.4% | 661 | 1.6 miles |
| Abbs Cross Academy and Arts College | 45.5 | 8.2% | 26.9% | 882 | 1.7 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)
- 46.34%
- English as an additional language
- 42.2%
- Overall absence
- 5.99%
- Persistent absence
- 15%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Dagenham Park CofE School1.1 miles
Secondary · Dagenham
-
The Brittons Academy1.1 miles
Secondary · Rainham
-
All Saints Catholic School and Technology College1.3 miles
Secondary · Dagenham
-
Hornchurch High School1.6 miles
Secondary · Hornchurch
-
Abbs Cross Academy and Arts College1.7 miles
Secondary · Hornchurch
Other schools in Dagenham
Brook Sixth Form and Academy ranks 8th of the 9 ranked secondary schools in Dagenham.
- All Saints Catholic School and Technology College Secondary
- Dagenham Park CofE School Secondary
- Jo Richardson Community School Secondary
- Mayfield School Secondary
- 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
Common questions
- What year groups does Brook Sixth Form and Academy teach?
- Brook Sixth Form and Academy teaches children aged 14 to 19. It is a secondary school in Dagenham.
- Who is the headteacher of Brook Sixth Form and Academy?
- The headteacher of Brook Sixth Form and Academy is Kim Donovan, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Brook Sixth Form and Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Brook Sixth Form and 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 big is Brook Sixth Form and Academy?
- Brook Sixth Form and Academy has 273 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 14 to 19.
- Is Brook Sixth Form and Academy full?
- Brook Sixth Form and Academy has capacity for 600 pupils and 273 on roll (46%), 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 Brook Sixth Form and Academy a faith school?
- No. Brook Sixth Form and Academy has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Brook Sixth Form and Academy?
- Brook Sixth Form and Academy is part of PARTNERSHIP LEARNING. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Brook Sixth Form and Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 45.1 in 2022/23 and 38.7 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Brook Sixth Form and Academy rank locally?
- Brook Sixth Form and Academy ranked 12th of 13 secondary schools in Barking and Dagenham for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 34% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Brook Sixth Form and Academy's absence rate?
- Brook Sixth Form and Academy's overall absence rate is 6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Brook Sixth Form and Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Brook Sixth Form and 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 3 July 2026.