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Academy sponsor led · Barking and Dagenham

The Warren School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,392Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 141178URN

Whalebone Lane North, Chadwell Heath, Romford, RM6 6SB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.6per place
close to Barking and Dagenham median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Barking and Dagenham

611 applications for 240 places · 8th of 12 in Barking and Dagenham
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
46.4of 90
9th of 12 in Barking and Dagenham
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 15 May 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

Inspection history

  1. 15 May 2024
    Graded inspection: Outstanding
  2. 8 February 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)

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
2.6applications per place, Year 7
close to Barking and Dagenham median (2.6) 0.3 above England median (2.2)

611 applications · 240 places offered · 239 named it first

  1. 2026 2.6; Barking and Dagenham median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.2; Barking and Dagenham median median 2.5
  3. 2024 2.0; Barking and Dagenham median median 2.5
  4. 2023 2.1; Barking and Dagenham median median 2.5
  5. 2022 2.6; Barking and Dagenham median median 2.5
  6. 2021 2.6; Barking and Dagenham median median 2.7
  7. 2020 2.6; Barking and Dagenham median median 2.8
  8. 2019 2.7; Barking and Dagenham median median 3.4
  9. 2018 2.3; Barking and Dagenham median median 3.4
  10. 2017 2.5; Barking and Dagenham median median 3.4
  11. 2016 2.0; Barking and Dagenham median median 3.3
  12. 2015 2.7; Barking and Dagenham median median 3.0
  13. 2014 2.8; Barking and Dagenham median median 2.7; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Barking and Dagenham median in 1 of 12 years.
  • This school
  • Barking and Dagenham median

Dashed bars: as The Warren Comprehensive School (URN 101240), the previous school.

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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262406112.62391.00
Sep 20252395272.22030.85
Sep 20242224382.01740.78
Sep 20231984212.11580.80
Sep 20221523932.61360.89
Sep 20211584092.61390.88
Sep 20201694332.61270.75
Sep 20191754752.71040.59
Sep 20181904362.3980.52
Sep 20171563962.5830.53
Sep 20161903732.0830.44
Sep 20151323522.7700.53
Sep 2014 *1283572.8760.59

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

213 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)46.49th of 12 in Barking and Dagenham
Grade 5 or above in English and maths45%7th of 12 in Barking and Dagenham
Grade 4 or above in English and maths66%
  • This school
  • Barking and Dagenham median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.37
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)21346.445%66%–
2024/2520547.645%71%–
2023/2420248.251%66%+0.37
2022/2320951.456%71%+0.69

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

  • 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
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
141178 · 301/4004
Trust
Loxford School Trust Limited
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,380 pupils · 1,392 on roll
Free school meals
31.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 September 2014
Replaced
The Warren Comprehensive School (URN 101240)
Address
Whalebone Lane North, Chadwell Heath, Romford, RM6 6SB
Local authority
Barking and Dagenham

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources