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Pathways School[1]

Special · ages 6–19

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Results

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GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
3.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-1.97 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 9.8[5] 0%[5]
2023/24 1.8[3] 0%[3] -1.97[3]
2022/23 5.7[6] 14%[6]
2021/22 1.8[7] 0%[7]

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
0% 2024/25[8]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
0% 2024/25[8]
Reading, average scaled score
94 2024/25[8]
Maths, average scaled score
89 2024/25[8]
Earlier years
Year Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) Reading, average scaled score Maths, average scaled score
2022/23 0%[9] 0%[9] 89[9] 88[9]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
57% 2022/23[10]
School sixth form
0% 2022/23[10]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[10]
Further education college
29% 2022/23[10]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[10]
Employment
0% 2022/23[10]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 17%[11] 0%[11] 0%[11] 0%[11] 0%[11] 17%[11]
2020/21 75%[12] 0%[12] 0%[12] 75%[12] 0%[12] 0%[12]

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
20 Feb 2024[13]
Type
S5 Inspection[13]
Report published
29 Apr 2024[13]
Personal development
Outstanding[13]
Quality of education
Good[13]
Overall effectiveness
Good[13]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[13]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[13]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[13]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type
Free schools special[1]
Ages
6–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
90[1]
Trust
THE COMPASS PARTNERSHIP OF SCHOOLS[1]
Local authority
Barking and Dagenham[1]
Website
https://pathways.ekotrust.org.uk/pathways[1]
District
Barking and Dagenham[14]
Postcode
RM9 6PH[1]
URN
147189[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
73 2024/25[15]
English as an additional language
1.4% 2024/25[15]
SEN support
0% 2024/25[15]
EHC plan
100% 2024/25[15]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
100% 2024/25[15]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
61.4%[16]
Mixed
26.5%[16]
Asian
0%[16]
Black
12%[16]
Any other ethnic group
0%[16]
Unclassified
0%[16]

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

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.