The Sydney Russell School
| Motto | EOA (Education Overcomes All) |
|---|---|
| Type | Community school |
| Location |
Parsloes Avenue Becontree [Dagenham]] Greater London RM9 5QT England Coordinates: 51°32′54″N 0°08′00″E / 51.5483°N 0.1332°E |
| Local authority | Barking and Dagenham |
| DfE number | 301/4028 |
| DfE URN | 101246 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1667 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Former name | Dagenham County High School |
The Sydney Russell School is a comprehensive secondary school and sixth form located in Dagenham.
Admissions
It is near the junction of the A124 and Porters Avenue (A1153). It is around two miles north of the Ford Dagenham plant.
History
Grammar school
Dagenham County High School had around five hundred boys and girls. It was built on the Becontree Estate, which had twenty seven thousand houses. From 1965 it was administered by the London Borough of Barking.
Comprehensive
In 1970 it became the comprehensive Parsloes Manor School.
Name change
In 1990 it changed its name to The Sydney Russell School.
Academic performance
The school gets above average results at GCSE, the fourth best in the borough. At A-level the borough gets low results, but the school is the third best in the borough, although under the England average. The best school at A level in the borough is the Robert Clack School.
Notable former pupils
Dagenham County High School
- Prof Roy Greenslade, Professor of Journalism at City University, Editor from 1990 of the Daily Mirror
- Sidney Hinkes, pacifist
- Canon Eric James
- Peter Marshall CMG OBE, forensic seismologist at AWE Blacknest
- Dudley Moore CBE, pianist and comedian
- Lorna Pegram, novelist
- Paul Speare, saxophonist for Dexys Midnight Runners
- Sir Kenneth Stowe CB CVO
- George Carey PC, FRSA Former Archbishop of Canterbury
References
- The Guardian, 11 June 1976, page 7
External links
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