Brook Sixth Form and Academy

Brook Sixth Form and Academy at a glance

Located in Dagenham, Barking and Dagenham, Brook Sixth Form and Academy is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a university technical college. The school educates roughly 237 pupils aged 14 to 19. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 38.7, below the national average of 46. Results have held broadly steady on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

27% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 46% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 46% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Brook Sixth Form and Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links further down the page.