Schools in Barking and Dagenham
67 schools in the Barking and Dagenham local authority.
Schools
67
Open schools
Pupils
46,055
2025–26 census
Good or better
96%
55 of 57 graded
Academic Performance
6.0
out of 10 · 63 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 10 18%
- Good
- 45 79%
- Requires improvement
- 2 4%
- Inadequate
- 0 0%
3 inspected since 2024, no overall grade4 superseded by a report card7 not judged
6.0
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 63 of 67 schools that can be scored
Pupils
46,055
pupils on roll
Boys 51%49% Girls
Roll from 66 of 67 schools (46,055 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Ethnicity
White
29%Asian
35%Black
23%Mixed
9%Chinese
<1%Any other group
2%Unclassified
2%Ethnicity from 62 of 67 schools (45,891 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 26.5%
- First language not English
- 48.7%
- Young carers
- <1%
12,178 of 45,891 pupils · 62 of 67 schools
22,346 of 45,891 pupils · 62 of 67 schools
353 of 45,891 pupils · 62 of 67 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 44
- Secondary
- 13
- Special
- 6
- PRU
- 1
- Not recorded
- 3
Top primary schools in Barking and Dagenham
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Warren Junior SchoolBarking and Dagenham · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- 2.Thames View InfantsBarking and Dagenham · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 3.Rush Green Primary SchoolBarking and Dagenham · Primary9.0/10
- 4.St Margarets CofE Primary SchoolBarking and Dagenham · Primary9.0/10Good
- 5.The St Teresa Catholic Primary SchoolBarking and Dagenham · Primary9.0/10
- 6.Riverside Primary SchoolBarking and Dagenham · Primary8.8/10Good
- 7.St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolBarking and Dagenham · Primary8.8/10Good
- 8.Beam Primary SchoolBarking and Dagenham · Primary8.6/10
- 9.Grafton Primary SchoolBarking and Dagenham · Primary8.4/10Outstanding
- 10.St Peter's Catholic Primary SchoolBarking and Dagenham · Primary8.4/10Good
- 11.Manor Junior SchoolBarking and Dagenham · Primary7.9/10
- 12.John Perry Primary SchoolBarking and Dagenham · Primary7.5/10Good
- 13.Monteagle Primary SchoolBarking and Dagenham · Primary7.2/10Good
- 14.Richard Alibon Primary School with ARP for Cognitive and Learning Difficulties : SEN BaseBarking and Dagenham · Primary7.2/10Good
- 15.Five Elms Primary SchoolBarking and Dagenham · Primary7.1/10Good
- 16.Henry Green Primary SchoolBarking and Dagenham · Primary7.0/10Good
- 17.William Ford CofE Junior SchoolBarking and Dagenham · Primary7.0/10Good
- 18.Marsh Green Primary SchoolBarking and Dagenham · Primary6.8/10Good
- 19.Godwin Primary SchoolBarking and Dagenham · Primary6.4/10Good
- 20.Parsloes Primary SchoolBarking and Dagenham · Primary6.4/10Good
Top secondary schools in Barking and Dagenham
The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.All Saints Catholic School and Technology CollegeBarking and Dagenham · Secondary9.8/10Outstanding
- 2.Riverside SchoolBarking and Dagenham · Secondary9.7/10Outstanding
- 3.Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities CollegeBarking and Dagenham · Secondary9.6/10Outstanding
- 4.Jo Richardson Community SchoolBarking and Dagenham · Secondary9.5/10Outstanding
- 5.The Warren SchoolBarking and Dagenham · Secondary9.5/10Outstanding
- 6.Goresbrook SchoolBarking and Dagenham · Secondary8.7/10
- 7.The Sydney Russell SchoolBarking and Dagenham · Secondary7.8/10Good
- 8.Robert Clack SchoolBarking and Dagenham · Secondary7.0/10Good
- 9.Greatfields SchoolBarking and Dagenham · Secondary5.8/10Good
- 10.Eastbury Community SchoolBarking and Dagenham · Secondary3.4/10Good
- 11.Dagenham Park CofE SchoolBarking and Dagenham · Secondary2.8/10Good
- 12.Brook Sixth Form and AcademyBarking and Dagenham · Secondary1.9/10
- 13.Eastbrook SchoolBarking and Dagenham · Secondary1.8/10Good
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About schools in Barking and Dagenham
- How many schools are there in Barking and Dagenham?
- Barking and Dagenham has 67 open schools — 44 primary, 13 secondary, 6 special, teaching 46,055 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Barking and Dagenham are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 55 of the 57 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 96% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 10 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 67: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Barking and Dagenham?
- 6.0 out of 10, averaged across the 63 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Barking and Dagenham schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 10 schools in Barking and Dagenham currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Barking and Dagenham local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Barking and Dagenham covers 67 schools and sits in the London region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Barking and Dagenham are eligible for free school meals?
- 26.5% — 12,178 of 45,891 pupils at the 62 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the London region.