Royal Docks Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 40 40.0 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 40 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 36.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 10.2% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.41 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	Progress 8
2024/25	39.6[5]	41.3%[5]
2023/24	40.4[3]	41.7%[3]	-0.41[3]
2022/23	43.5[6]	44%[6]	-0.20[6]
2021/22	45.5[7]	45%[7]	-0.49[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 83% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form: 17% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college: 28% 2022/23[8]
Further education college: 36% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship: 1% 2022/23[8]
Employment: 1% 2022/23[8]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	94%[9]	19%[9]	37%[9]	34%[9]	0%[9]	1%[9]
2020/21	93%[10]	22%[10]	24%[10]	43%[10]	0%[10]	2%[10]
2019/20	91%[11]	29%[11]	37%[11]	24%[11]	0%[11]	1%[11]
2018/19	92%[12]	14%[12]	41%[12]	32%[12]	1%[12]	2%[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: 27 Jan 2026[13]
Type: S5 Inspection[13]
Report published: 19 Apr 2026[13]
Inclusion: Expected standard[13]
Achievement: Expected standard[13]
Safeguarding standards: Met[13]
Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention[13]
Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard[13]
Leadership and governance: Expected standard[13]
Personal development and wellbeing: Needs attention[13]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
28 Sep 2021[14]	Academy First Section 5[14]	Good[14]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 3.8 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Applications (any preference): 362 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences: 70 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Places offered: 96 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences per place: 0.7 Entry Sept 2026[15]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	457[15]	98[15]	164[15]	2.8[15]	0.6[15]
Entry Sept 2024	510[15]	123[15]	196[15]	2.6[15]	0.6[15]
Entry Sept 2023	475[15]	99[15]	181[15]	2.6[15]	0.5[15]
Entry Sept 2022	444[15]	108[15]	167[15]	2.7[15]	0.6[15]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages: 11–16[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: No[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 1200[1]
Trust: BMAT EDUCATION[1]
Local authority: Newham[1]
Website: http://www.royaldocksacademy.org/[1]
District: Newham [16]
Postcode: E16 3HS[1]
URN: 145410[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 905 2024/25[17]
English as an additional language: 62.1% 2024/25[17]
SEN support: 13.8% 2024/25[17]
EHC plan: 10.3% 2024/25[17]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 62.8% 2024/25[17]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 40.2%[18]
Mixed: 10.1%[18]
Asian: 20.5%[18]
Black: 20.7%[18]
Any other ethnic group: 7.8%[18]
Unclassified: 0.7%[18]

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

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.
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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2021/22. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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.
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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.