Goresbrook School

GCSE results 2024/25

On Attainment 8 this school is in the top quarter of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is middle, which is where this one sits, it is in the top 10%.

Progress 8 2023/24

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry

B-

Average points per entry

36.3

England average 32.3

A level students

30

Pupils

Pupils on roll

1089

Places

1500

How full

73% full — 1089 of 1500 places taken, so places are likely to be available

Girls / boys

547 / 542

Overall absence

5%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent

14%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years

33%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language

51%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan

1%

England 3.5%

On SEN support

11%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training

92%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education

89%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship

2%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form

49%

No sustained destination

5%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort

101

After sixth form

Went to university

89%

England 50%

In education, work or training

93%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship

0%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort

57

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Barking and Dagenham 018E, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree

38%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications

21%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home

44%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing

33%

England 17%

Households with no car

30%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive

31%

England 39.9%

School details

Type

Free schools

Phase

All-through

Ages

Ages 4–18

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Multi-faith

Sixth form

Yes

Nursery

Yes

Boarding

Day school

Trust

UNITED LEARNING TRUST

Headteacher

Headteacher: Megan Harris

Local authority

Barking and Dagenham

Ward

Goresbrook

Constituency

Barking

URN

140962

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest all-through schools

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded all-through schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.