All-through school in Dagenham, Barking and Dagenham
Robert Clack School
Gosfield Road, Dagenham, Essex, RM8 1JU
Ofsted
Graded Good at its last graded inspection, on 22 November 2023.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
GCSE results 2024/25
Attainment 8 score
The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.
Grade 5+ in English & maths
Grade 4+ in English & maths
EBacc average point score
Entered the EBacc
On Attainment 8 this school is in the upper half of state-funded secondaries in England.
Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is second most disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the top quarter.
Progress 8 2023/24
Taking that range into account, progress was not statistically different from the national average. DfE bands this as average.
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
- 35.9
- A level students
- 120
England average 32.3
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 3231
- Places
- 2500
- How full
- Full — 3231 pupils against 2500 places
- Girls / boys
- 1541 / 1690
- Overall absence
- 8%
- Persistently absent
- 22%
secondary schools average 8.6%
secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions
- Free school meals, last 6 years
- 32%
- English as an additional language
- 25%
- With an EHC plan
- 2%
- On SEN support
- 11%
England 25.7%
England 18.7%
England 3.5%
England 15%
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
- In education, work or training
- 94%
- Stayed in education
- 93%
- Stayed at this school's sixth form
- 58%
- No sustained destination
- 4%
- Pupils in the cohort
- 338
England 91.4%
England 85.4%
England 5.8%
After sixth form
- Went to university
- 66%
- In education, work or training
- 88%
- Started an apprenticeship
- 6%
- Students in the cohort
- 191
England 50%
England 84.3%
England 6.5%
Going on to university 2021/22 leavers
Went to a top third university
The third of higher education providers whose entrants hold the highest average entry qualifications. It is the closest thing in the public data to "did they get into a competitive university", and it separates schools far more sharply than the headline progression rate does.
- Went on to a degree
- 77%
- Students in the cohort
- 225
England 65.3%
These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.
A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. 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 006C, 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
- 31%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 22%
- Households owning their home
- 22%
- Households in social housing
- 67%
- Households with no car
- 51%
- Adults economically inactive
- 38%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- Ages 3–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: R V A Taylor
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Ward
- Heath
- Constituency
- Dagenham and Rainham
- URN
- 101245
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest all-through schools
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Saints Catholic School and Technology CollegeVoluntary aided school | Outstanding 2024 | 56.1 | 0.1 mi |
| St Edward's Church of England AcademyAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 44.1 | 0.7 mi |
| Eastbrook SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 37.2 | 0.9 mi |
| The Warren SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Outstanding 2024 | 47.6 | 1.1 mi |
| Brook Sixth Form and AcademyUniversity technical college | No grade | 38.7 | 1.2 mi |
| The Sydney Russell SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 51.2 | 1.3 mi |
| Mayfield SchoolFoundation school | Good 2024 | 45 | 1.4 mi |
| Chadwell Heath AcademyAcademy converter | No grade | 53.7 | 1.7 mi |
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.
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Alder Community High SchoolCommunity school | Requires improvement 2024 | 46.6 |
| Cornwallis AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Good 2023 | 38.6 |
| The Compton SchoolAcademy converter | Outstanding 2024 | 54.8 |
| Bexhill High AcademyAcademy converter | No grade | 41.7 |
| Co-op Academy WalkdenAcademy converter | Good 2023 | 43.6 |
| Hartshill AcademyAcademy converter | Requires improvement 2023 | 41 |
| Alderwood SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 42.2 |
| Marriotts SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 42.4 |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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