January 24th Marked the launch of INSPIRE 2018, a cultural festival which began in 2015 as part of London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Council’s 50th Anniversary celebrations. Each year schools across the borough, including The Sydney Russell School, have taken part in the fe

The sporting success continues! The Year 7 netball team have won all of their games in the Barking division of the Borough League. They will now go onto play in the semi-finals against the runners up of the Dagenham division! Hopefully they can continue this success to make it through

We may have the next Olympic rowing team among us! Last week, a number of students from various years took part in the Indoor Rowing Championships. They had fantastic success, with the team scooping 3 gold, 1 silver and 4 bronze medals! Congratulations to you all!