Jo Richardson Community School
Gale Street, Dagenham, RM9 4UN
1,696 pupils · 100% of 1,700 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 38%
Ofsted
Outstanding (2024) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 8 May 2024, published 20 June 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 50.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 48.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 69.1% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 12.7% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.99 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 299 | 296 | 864 | 287 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 298 | 346 | 871 | 293 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 300 | 347 | 881 | 300 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 300 | 314 | 910 | 300 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 301 | 335 | 981 | 301 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 300 | 352 | 1,060 | 300 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 300 | 366 | 1,104 | 300 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 300 | 337 | 1,146 | 300 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Riverside School 1.4 km · Outstanding (2022) · previous system
- Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College 2 km · Outstanding (2024) · previous system
- Dagenham Park CofE School 2 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- Greatfields School 2.9 km · Standards maintained (2024)
- Brook Sixth Form and Academy 3.4 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Mayfield School 3.5 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.