Goresbrook School
All-through · Free schools · Ages 4–18 · Dagenham, Barking and Dagenham
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.32 miles
Published by London Borough of Barking and Dagenham · offers on 2 March 2026
Reception 2025: Every applicant was offered a place
Year 7 last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Goresbrook School is an all-through school in Dagenham, Barking and Dagenham for ages 4–18 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 15 October 2024. Barking and Dagenham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 and Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
Goresbrook School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.32 mi |
| Reception 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2024 | 1.37 mi |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2023 | 2.38 mi |
| Reception 2022 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2022 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2020 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2020 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2019 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2019 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2018 | Not published |
| Reception 2017 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 1.32 miles away, nearer than in 2023, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years.
- Year 7 2026 had 114 first-choice applications for 124 offers; 74 offers went to first-choice families, so 40 first-choice families (35%) were not offered a place.
- In Year 7 2026, 50 offers went to families who ranked the school second or lower.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2025, and every applicant was offered a place in 5 of the 8 years with a published Year 7 outcome.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Barking and Dagenham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Cook Road, Dagenham, RM9 6XW
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 4–18
- Religious character
- Multi-faith
- Council
- Barking and Dagenham
- Pupils on roll
- 1,089 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 15 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish at this school.”
- “They are safe and appreciate the level of care that teachers show.”
- “They can speak to any member of staff if they are worried about anything.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 November 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 75% | 62% |
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 64% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 55.6 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 47 first-preference applications, 51 offers in total, 47 offers to first-preference applicants.
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 114 first-preference applications, 124 offers in total, 74 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in Barking and Dagenham.
- Northstar Nurture School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Hopewell School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Mayesbrook Park School 0.3 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
- Pathways School 0.9 mi Good
- Riverside Bridge School 0.9 mi Standards maintained
- The Sydney Russell School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oxlow Bridge School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Trinity School 1.6 mi School remains Outstanding