St Margarets CofE Primary School

State-Funded School

st-margarets-cofe-primary-school-barking-and-dagenham-london

LondonRegion

Barking and DagenhamLocal Authority

BarkingConstituency

IG11 8ASPostcode

9.0

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Margarets CofE 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 393 pupils. St Margarets CofE Primary School is part of Genesis Education Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 88%
Higher standard: 21%
Reading score: 109
Maths score: 110

Ethnicity

White

Asian

36%

Black

39%

Mixed

14%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

393

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

18%

England average

27%

First language not English

54%

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: Most deprived
Total pupils: 393
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Genesis Education Trust

Inspection history

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

Improved significantly

Ungraded inspection on 19 March 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
22 Apr 2013	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.