Schools across Barking and Dagenham

How many schools are there in Barking and Dagenham?

Barking and Dagenham has 68 open schools: 44 state primary, 13 state secondary or all-through, 1 independent, 8 special and 2 others.

Source: DfE Get Information About Schools

Which schools in Barking and Dagenham are rated Outstanding?

10 schools in Barking and Dagenham were rated Outstanding at their most recent graded Ofsted inspection: Thames View Infants, The Warren School, Jo Richardson Community School, All Saints Catholic School and Technology College, Warren Junior School and 5 more. Counting Good as well, 98% of the 61 graded schools here are rated Good or better. Ofsted stopped giving single-word overall grades in September 2024, so these are the grades from each school's last full inspection.

Thames View InfantsThe Warren SchoolJo Richardson Community SchoolAll Saints Catholic School and Technology CollegeWarren Junior School

Source: Ofsted

Which secondary schools in Barking and Dagenham get the best GCSE results?

Of the 14 schools in Barking and Dagenham with 2026 GCSE results, the highest Attainment 8 scores - the average grade across a pupil's best eight GCSEs - were at Riverside School, with an Attainment 8 score of 57.9 and 64% passing English and maths at grade 5 or above; Goresbrook School, with an Attainment 8 score of 56.6 and 63% passing English and maths at grade 5 or above; and All Saints Catholic School and Technology College, with an Attainment 8 score of 53.8 and 57% passing English and maths at grade 5 or above. Progress 8, the DfE's value-added measure, was not published for 2026.

Riverside SchoolGoresbrook SchoolAll Saints Catholic School and Technology College

Source: DfE school performance data

Which primary schools in Barking and Dagenham have the best SATs results?

Of the 43 primary schools in Barking and Dagenham with 2025 Key Stage 2 results, the highest shares of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading and maths were at St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (100% in reading, 100% in maths); Rush Green Primary School (96% in reading, 95% in maths); and St Margarets CofE Primary School (91% in reading, 98% in maths). Small schools can swing a long way from one year to the next, because each pupil is a large share of the result.

St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolRush Green Primary SchoolSt Margarets CofE Primary School

Source: DfE school performance data

Are there grammar schools in Barking and Dagenham?

No. None of the state secondary schools in Barking and Dagenham selects pupils by ability, so every state secondary here is comprehensive.

Source: DfE Get Information About Schools

Do schools in Barking and Dagenham have catchment areas?

Most state schools in Barking and Dagenham have no fixed catchment boundary. When a school is oversubscribed, Barking and Dagenham allocates places on its published criteria - usually looked-after children first, then siblings, then home-to-school distance - so the practical cut-off moves each year. Each school's page here shows an estimate of its catchment radius.

How do I apply for a school place in Barking and Dagenham?

Apply to Barking and Dagenham through its coordinated admissions process, even for academies and faith schools. In England the closing date is 31 October for secondary places and 15 January for primary places, in the year before your child starts. Independent schools run their own admissions, so apply to those directly.