Goresbrook School

Type Other schools / Free schools
Age Range 4-18
Religion Multi-faith
Address Cook Road
Dagenham
Essex
RM9 6XW
Phone 02035976666
Reference Number 140962

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1083
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.77%
Girls: 50.23%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 31.1%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 46.3%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 24.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 20.4
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 29.4

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 16 28 44
2 27 31 58
3 29 29 58
4 26 33 59
5 25 34 59
6 49 40 89
7 74 43 117
8 46 65 111
9 63 55 118
10 69 45 114
11 52 65 117
12 17 15 32
13 16 22 38

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
African 31.5%
White, British 18.1%
White, Other 12.9%
Pakistani 7.5%
White & Black (African) 3.5%
Caribbean 3%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2.8%
Mixed, Other 2.3%
Indian 2.2%
Unclassified 1.8%
Asian, Other 1.6%
White & Asian 1.2%
Chinese 0.4%
Irish 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating As of September 2024, Ofsted no longer give a one word rating for schools. See our blog post for more details.
Last Inspection Date 2024-11-27
Date Description Report
2024-10-15 School inspection School inspection
2019-06-12 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2017-05-16 Full inspection: Full inspection:

Ofsted Parent View

The latest published parent view scores are from 2022. Ofsted only publish scores if there have been more than 10 responses to the survey.

Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know Total Responses
1. My child is happy at this school. 31 20 17 2 0 70
2. My child feels safe at this school. 38 15 17 0 0 70
3. The school makes sure its pupils are well behaved. 30 17 10 9 4 70
4. My child has been bullied and the school dealt with the bullying quickly and effectively. 36 1 8 16 0 9
5. The school makes me aware of what my child will learn during the year. 24 26 15 1 4 70
6. When I have raised concerns with the school they have been dealt with properly. 18 19 12 9 11 1
7. My child has SEND, and the school gives them the support they need to succeed. 4 2 9 0 0 15
8. The school has high expectations for my child. 24 22 17 0 7 70
9. My child does well at this school. 28 20 15 4 3 70
10. The school lets me know how my child is doing. 25 24 18 1 2 70
11. There is a good range of subjects available to my child at this school. 26 25 8 0 11 70
12. My child can take part in clubs and activities at this school. 35 13 10 1 11 70
13. The school supports my child’s wider personal development. 25 21 15 3 6 70
14. I would recommend this school to another parent. 46 24

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
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GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 60.4% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 75.7% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

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Points

Points Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Average Points 32.14 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 31.96 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade C+ B- C+
Average Grade (best 3) C+ B- C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 5.4% Unlock Unlock

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 47% Unlock Unlock
Pupils meeting a higher standard 1% Unlock Unlock

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
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Maths 103 Unlock Unlock

Progress Scores

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Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
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Writing -2.1 Unlock Unlock
Maths -0.2 Unlock Unlock

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Progress Scores

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 18 1
Third Preference 17 0
From another Local Authority 1 1

Previous Years

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 123 14
Third Preference 105 2
From another Local Authority 15 3

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Destinations after GCSE's

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