Jo Richardson Community School

📍 Gale Street, Castle Green, Barking and Dagenham, Essex, RM9 4UN

About this school

Jo Richardson Community School is a Community school serving secondary age pupils, located in Barking and Dagenham, Essex. The school has 1,686 pupils enrolled. It was rated Outstanding by Ofsted in 8 May 2024. The Headteacher is Lisa Keane. The school is administered by Barking and Dagenham local authority. It opened in 1 September 2002.

School details

Headteacher

Lisa Keane

Local authority

Barking and Dagenham

Gender

Mixed

URN

133561

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Jo Richardson Community School are handled by the school or the local authority (Barking and Dagenham). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

Source: Department for Education school performance data. Check this school on GOV.UK →

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