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Barking and Dagenham has 15 secondary schools in this dataset — 14 state-funded and 1 independent. 1 is selective, admitting on an entrance test; 3 have a religious character; 14 have a sixth form.
The typical school here posts a three-year Progress 8 of +0.18 (average) — 0.19 of a grade per subject above the national median of -0.01. That is the middle of the 13 schools in this area with a published score.
The spread inside the area is wider than the gap between areas: from -0.58 to +0.94. Which school a child goes to matters more here than which area you move to.
For 2026 entry the typical school here drew 0.90 first preferences per place — less pressure than the national median of 0.95×. 3 of the 12 schools with published figures were named first by more families than they had places for. A high figure means popular, not good, and it is not your chance of a place — that depends on where you live.
Overall absence runs at 7.1% for the typical school here, below the national median of 8.7%. Absence is a plainer signal of whether pupils are turning up and engaged than any grade average.
Ordered on the three-year average Progress 8, which is steadier than any single year. Read the confidence interval beside each score before you read the order: it is the range the school's true figure is likely to sit in, and a wide one means a small year group rather than an unpredictable school.
| School | Progress 8 | 95% interval | Attainment 8 | Pressure | Ofsted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverside SchoolFree schools | +0.94well above average | +0.60 to +0.972023–24 | 55.6 | 0.74× | Outstanding |
| 2 | Goresbrook SchoolFree schools | +0.88well above average | +0.57 to +1.172023–24 | 54.4 | 0.92× | — |
| 3 | All Saints Catholic School and Technology CollegeVoluntary aided school | +0.57well above average | +0.53 to +0.902023–24 | 54.6 | 1.20× | Outstanding |
| 4 | The Sydney Russell SchoolAcademy converter | +0.45above average | +0.57 to +0.882023–24 | 52.6 | 1.01× | Strong standard (achievement) |
| 5 | The Warren SchoolAcademy sponsor led | +0.41above average | +0.17 to +0.572023–24 | 49.9 | 1.00× | Outstanding |
| 6 | Greatfields SchoolFree schools | +0.34above average | +0.08 to +0.512023–24 | 45.6 | 0.87× | Standards maintained (ungraded) |
| 7 | Eastbury Community SchoolCommunity school | +0.18average | +0.04 to +0.392023–24 | 46.0 | 0.61× | Good (ungraded) |
| 8 | Jo Richardson Community SchoolCommunity school | +0.13average | +0.03 to +0.372023–24 | 47.9 | 0.99× | Outstanding |
| 9 | Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities CollegeCommunity school | +0.12average | -0.13 to +0.172023–24 | 50.2 | 1.18× | Outstanding |
| 10 | Robert Clack SchoolCommunity school | +0.04average | +0.00 to +0.312023–24 | 49.8 | 0.85× | Good |
| 11 | Dagenham Park CofE SchoolVoluntary controlled school | -0.26below average | -0.44 to -0.072023–24 | 43.6 | 0.86× | Standards maintained (ungraded) |
| 12 | Brook Sixth Form and AcademyUniversity technical college | -0.53well below average | -1.30 to +0.092023–24 | 41.8 | — | — |
| 13 | Eastbrook SchoolCommunity school | -0.58well below average | -0.83 to -0.422023–24 | 37.1 | 0.64× | Expected standard (achievement) |
3 of the 12 other schools ranked here have a confidence interval that overlaps Riverside School's. On these figures they cannot be told apart from the school at the top of the table, and the order between them is not a finding. 3 schools here have an interval that includes zero (shaded above) — those cannot be told apart from an average school nationally.
These are not bottom of the table — they are not in it. A school with no published score has not done badly; the measure was not calculated for it, and the reason differs.
| Al Madina School for Girls | Independent — no Progress 8 is calculated for fee-paying schools |
|---|---|
| Barking and Dagenham College | Sixth-form or 16–19 site — no GCSE cohort, so no Progress 8 |
The most sought-after school in Barking and Dagenham for 2026 entry was All Saints Catholic School and Technology College at 1.20 first preferences per place — 287 families named it first for 240 places.
Pressure is not a chance of admission. A school with two applicants per place can still admit every family living near it, while a less popular school further away turns you down. Distance from the gate is usually what decides it, and no national figure can tell you that for your own address.
See Barking and Dagenham on the map →The same schools on a map, with every filter: results, admissions pressure, Ofsted, faith and selection — or sorted by distance from your own postcode.Admissions do not stop at an authority line. If you live near one, your realistic list of schools spans both sides of it.
The results here are for 2023–24 and earlier, so they describe pupils who have already left. Nothing on this page covers sixth-form results, pastoral care, music, sport or drama, or how a school feels to walk around — which is what parents most often say settled it. The ranking is a starting point for a shortlist, not a verdict on a school.
Nor is it a prediction of a place. Admission depends on each school's criteria and, most often, on how far you live from it — and in Barking and Dagenham you apply for a state-funded place through the council's coordinated scheme, naming several schools in order of preference.