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Dorothy Barley Infants' School

  • 3–7Ages
  • 223Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 101188URN

Davington Road, Dagenham, RM8 2LL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodJul 2016
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jun 2025
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.7per place
0.3 above Barking and Dagenham median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Barking and Dagenham

120 applications for 45 places · 12th of 38 in Barking and Dagenham

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodJul 2016
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jun 2025

Inspection history

  1. 25 June 2025
    Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
  2. 6 July 2016
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.7applications per place, Reception
0.3 above Barking and Dagenham median (2.4) 0.5 above England median (2.2)

120 applications · 45 places offered · 43 named it first

  1. 2026 2.7; Barking and Dagenham median median 2.4
  2. 2025 2.9; Barking and Dagenham median median 2.4
  3. 2024 2.5; Barking and Dagenham median median 2.6
  4. 2023 2.8; Barking and Dagenham median median 2.6
  5. 2022 2.2; Barking and Dagenham median median 2.5
  6. 2021 2.5; Barking and Dagenham median median 2.6
  7. 2020 2.4; Barking and Dagenham median median 2.7
  8. 2019 2.6; Barking and Dagenham median median 2.7
  9. 2018 2.7; Barking and Dagenham median median 3.0
  10. 2017 2.5; Barking and Dagenham median median 2.8
  11. 2016 2.3; Barking and Dagenham median median 2.7
  12. 2015 2.1; Barking and Dagenham median median 2.7
  13. 2014 2.4; Barking and Dagenham median median 2.8
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Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026451202.7430.96
Sep 2025461332.9461.00
Sep 2024601522.5621.03
Sep 2023531492.8531.00
Sep 2022771692.2760.99
Sep 2021611542.5600.98
Sep 2020711702.4690.97
Sep 2019661682.6640.97
Sep 2018772082.7660.86
Sep 2017801972.5700.88
Sep 2016952162.3800.84
Sep 2015891832.1790.89
Sep 2014942272.4920.98

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
101188 · 301/2005
Capacity
360 pupils · 223 on roll
Free school meals
18.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Davington Road, Dagenham, RM8 2LL
Local authority
Barking and Dagenham

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources