Graded inspection · Jan 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Barking and Dagenham
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
Inspection history
- 31 January 2024Graded inspection: Outstanding
- 7 December 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)
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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 entry1,097 applications · 359 places offered · 423 named it first
- 2026 3.1; Barking and Dagenham median median 2.6
- 2025 2.9; Barking and Dagenham median median 2.5
- 2024 2.9; Barking and Dagenham median median 2.5
- 2023 2.6; Barking and Dagenham median median 2.5
- 2022 2.8; Barking and Dagenham median median 2.5
- 2021 3.2; Barking and Dagenham median median 2.7
- 2020 3.4; Barking and Dagenham median median 2.8
- 2019 3.8; Barking and Dagenham median median 3.4
- 2018 3.9; Barking and Dagenham median median 3.4
- 2017 3.6; Barking and Dagenham median median 3.4
- 2016 5.2; Barking and Dagenham median median 3.3
- 2015 5.0; Barking and Dagenham median median 3.0
- 2014 5.0; Barking and Dagenham median median 2.7
- This school
- Barking and Dagenham median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 359 | 1,097 | 3.1 | 423 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2025 | 357 | 1,039 | 2.9 | 372 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2024 | 357 | 1,029 | 2.9 | 342 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2023 | 360 | 950 | 2.6 | 320 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2022 | 355 | 1,001 | 2.8 | 306 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2021 | 361 | 1,137 | 3.2 | 341 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2020 | 359 | 1,229 | 3.4 | 344 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2019 | 359 | 1,349 | 3.8 | 334 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2018 | 357 | 1,373 | 3.9 | 349 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2017 | 356 | 1,294 | 3.6 | 324 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2016 | 276 | 1,444 | 5.2 | 373 | 1.35 |
| Sep 2015 | 275 | 1,368 | 5.0 | 376 | 1.37 |
| Sep 2014 | 266 | 1,337 | 5.0 | 348 | 1.31 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 354 | 48.7 | 52% | 69% | – |
| 2024/25 | 353 | 49.7 | 51% | 70% | – |
| 2023/24 | 353 | 48.6 | 47% | 65% | +0.02 |
| 2022/23 | 354 | 49.6 | 50% | 68% | +0.11 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities CollegeThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20243.1applications per place 48.7Attainment 8
- 0.8 km · Barking and DagenhamRemains Good20242.6applications per place 47.0Attainment 8
- 1.1 km · RedbridgeOutstanding20233.2applications per place 54.1Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · Barking and DagenhamStandards maintained20242.2applications per place 45.8Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · Barking and DagenhamOutstanding20242.9applications per place 47.4Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · RedbridgeStandards maintained202411.9applications per place 60.7Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · Barking and Dagenham20263.0applications per place 50.9Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · Barking and DagenhamGraded · no overall grade20244.5applications per place 56.6Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · Redbridge20262.0applications per place 48.5Attainment 8
- 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
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 101241 · 301/4021
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 2,420 pupils · 2,418 on roll
- Free school meals
- 29.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision and SEN unit
- Address
- Sandringham Road, Barking, IG11 9AG
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources