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Robert Clack School[1]

Secondary · All-through · ages 3–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 51 51.1 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
51.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
55.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
17% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.16 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 50.5[6] 50.2%[6]
2023/24 49.1[4] 50%[4] +0.16[4]
2022/23 50.5[7] 48%[7] +0.11[7]
2021/22 49.9[8] 48%[8] -0.14[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
15.7% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B-[10] 19.4%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 30.4%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 28.3%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 21.4%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
94% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
58% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
3% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
32% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2021/22[15]
Employment
1% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 93%[15] 60%[15] 2%[15] 30%[15] 1%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 93%[16] 56%[16] 1%[16] 35%[16] 1%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 97%[17] 74%[17] 1%[17] 20%[17] 1%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 93%[18] 61%[18] 1%[18] 26%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
88% 2022/23[19]
Education
70% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
6% 2022/23[19]
Employment
12% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 88%[20] 71%[20] 1%[20] 16%[20]
2020/21 88%[21] 72%[21] 6%[21] 9%[21]
2019/20 86%[22] 74%[22] 2%[22] 10%[22]
2018/19 87%[23] 68%[23] 3%[23] 16%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
77% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
19% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
19% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 78%[26] 24%[26]
2019/20 78%[25] 21%[25] 19%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 69%[27] 17%[27] 16%[27] 2%[27]
2017/18 69%[28] 19%[28] 14%[28] 1%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
22 Nov 2023[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
18 Jan 2024[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Overall effectiveness
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Early years provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
13 Sep 2016[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.3 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
1147 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
430 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
507 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.8 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 1125[31] 413[31] 479[31] 2.3[31] 0.9[31]
Entry Sept 2024 1315[31] 509[31] 536[31] 2.5[31] 0.9[31]
Entry Sept 2023 1342[31] 547[31] 540[31] 2.5[31] 1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2022 1267[31] 472[31] 540[31] 2.3[31] 0.9[31]

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place
2.9 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
171 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
55 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
59 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 151[31] 48[31] 50[31] 3.0[31] 1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2024 167[31] 46[31] 49[31] 3.4[31] 0.9[31]
Entry Sept 2023 168[31] 45[31] 50[31] 3.4[31] 0.9[31]
Entry Sept 2022 125[31] 36[31] 30[31] 4.2[31] 1.2[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
3–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
2500[1]
Local authority
Barking and Dagenham[1]
Website
http://www.robertclack.co.uk/[1]
District
Barking and Dagenham[32]
Postcode
RM8 1JU[1]
URN
101245[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
3129 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
25.2% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
11.4% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
1.7% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
32.1% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
34.9%[34]
Mixed
10.5%[34]
Asian
31.4%[34]
Black
20.1%[34]
Any other ethnic group
2.4%[34]
Unclassified
0.7%[34]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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