The Sydney Russell School
All-through schoolThe Sydney Russell School is a all-through school in Barking and Dagenham, for pupils aged 4 to 18. It had 2,568 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 12 May 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Exceptional
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 83% of pupils at The Sydney Russell School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 67% in Barking and Dagenham and 62% in England.
7% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at The Sydney Russell School was 50.9, against 48.3 in Barking and Dagenham and 46.2 in England.
54.5% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Barking and Dagenham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 83% | 67% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 7% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108 | 106 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Barking and Dagenham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 50.9 | 48.3 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 54.5% | 49.2% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 69.8% | 67.1% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 325 | – | – |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Southwood Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), July 2023. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)340 m
- The St Teresa Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, September 2024: no overall grade. 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)570 m
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, June 2023. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)880 m
- Parsloes Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, January 2023. 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)990 m
- Valence Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, June 2024. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
- Roding Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, May 2023. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Barking and Dagenham
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).