The Jo Richardson Community School, often referred to as Jo Richardson or simply JRCS, is a secondary school in

Dagenham Dagenham () is a town in East London, England, within the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. Dagenham is centred east of Charing Cross. It was historically a rural parish in the Becontree Hundred of Essex, stretching from Hainault Fo ...

, East London. The school is named in honour of MP

Jo Richardson Josephine Richardson (28 August 1923 – 1 February 1994) was a British Labour Party politician. At the time of her death she was Member of Parliament for Barking, a post she had held almost exactly 20 years, since 1974. Early life She was ...

Notable alumni

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(born 1994) * Benik Afobe (born 1993) *

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(born 1991)

External links

*http://www.jorichardson.org.uk/ Secondary schools in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Community schools in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Educational institutions established in 2002 2002 establishments in England {{London-school-stub