Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 12 May 2026
School workforce census, 2025/26.
Ofsted inspected The Sydney Russell School on 12 May 2026 using a report card, which grades each area separately and gives no overall grade. The school met Ofsted's safeguarding standards. It was graded Exceptional for personal development and wellbeing; Strong standard for achievement, for curriculum and teaching, for inclusion, for leadership and governance, for attendance and behaviour and for early years; Expected standard for post-16 provision.
No. Distance only counts when The Sydney Russell School has more applicants than places. Then its admission criteria, set by its academy trust, decide who is offered a place first. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance or a catchment area. How far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
The Sydney Russell School had 2,640 pupils aged 4 to 18 at the latest school census. Its official capacity is 2,670. It is a mixed school with a sixth form.