Brook Sixth Form and Academy
Secondary · University technical college · Mixed · Barking and Dagenham
Yew Tree Avenue, Dagenham, RM10 7FN
55
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 19/11/2024
Application demand
—
No council data
Attendance
94.0%
15.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
273
Capacity used
Has space46%
600 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Details
- Type
- University technical college
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 14–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Kim Donovan
- Address
- Yew Tree Avenue, Rainham Road South, Dagenham, RM10 7FN
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Ward / constituency
- Alibon · Dagenham and Rainham
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 148932
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 43% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 42% | — | — |
| SEN support | 17% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: PARTNERSHIP LEARNING
273 pupils · 600 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
19 November 2024
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessSixth form Good Personal development Outstanding Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 40 pupils
Attendance
94.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
6.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
15.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
0.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.2%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 38.4 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.60 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 31% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 56% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 2.68 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 24.55 | — | — |
Average grade: D+ (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 38.7 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 26.9% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 46.2% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.89 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 26 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 23.9 | 35 |
| Average grade | D+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 0% | 17% |
| A-level students | 24 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biology | 27 | 11% | 26% | 44% | |
| Mathematics | 27 | 15% | 30% | 67% | |
| English Language | 27 | 7% | 41% | 44% | |
| English Literature | 27 | 7% | 26% | 52% | |
| Physics | 26 | 15% | 27% | 50% | |
| Chemistry | 26 | 12% | 31% | 65% | |
| Media / Film / TV | 26 | 0% | 27% | 35% | |
| Engineering | 25 | 0% | 4% | 8% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | 11 | 0% | 0% | 18% | |
| Mathematics | 6 | 0% | 33% | 33% | |
| Biology | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Physics | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Chemistry | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Portuguese | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| French | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Mathematics (Further) | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Bengali | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 19407: Brook Sixth Form and Academy
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Barking and Dagenham council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.