Ripple Primary School

State-Funded School

ripple-primary-school-barking-and-dagenham-london

LondonRegion

Barking and DagenhamLocal Authority

BarkingConstituency

IG11 7QSPostcode

3.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Ripple Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Barking and Dagenham, London.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 856 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 55%
Higher standard: 7%
Reading score: 103
Maths score: 106

Ethnicity

White

27%

Asian

44%

Black

15%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

856

Total Pupils

54%Boys

46%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

20%

England average

27%

First language not English

86%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 856
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 30 April 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
21 Jun 2016	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.