Eastbrook School, Dagenham

In its own words: "Founded in 1933, Eastbrook has a well-established history of serving the local community, with many generations of families attending as students and even joining as staff. The primary school opened in 2016 and is growing in size year on year."

From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome to Eastbrook School. For me there are three simple things that I want us to achieve: First, we believe in character education, which is delivered through all schools. Through this we instill the key habits needed for young people to be successful in life. It also pushes us to be the best in everything we do."

The school runs after-school care.

In 2026, pupils at Eastbrook School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 39.6, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 48.4 in Barking and Dagenham and 47 across England.

36% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 48% in Barking and Dagenham and 47% in England.

That is up from 37.2 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.62: pupils made well below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 33.7, against 43.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 10.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 20 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Business Studies and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 75 families put Eastbrook School as their first choice and 343 named it as one of their preferences, for 117 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 1 family who put it first was not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Eastbrook School are Brook Sixth Form and Academy (0.3 miles, Attainment 8 42.9); Robert Clack School (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51.1); All Saints Catholic School and Technology College (0.9 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 53.8); and Dagenham Park CofE School (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 40.5).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Eastbrook School.

110 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Eastbrook School (as of April 2026): 82% would recommend the school, 79% say their child is happy there and 55% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (82%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (55%).

Of the 230 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 87% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 62% to a further education college, 0% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 54 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 57% went on to university or other higher education and 30% into work.

45.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (25%), Asian (24%) and White British (23%).

In 2026, 88 pupils (6.7%) received SEN support and 96 (7.3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

Eastbrook School has a resourced provision (38 places, 38 pupils on roll) and a SEN unit (42 places, 30 pupils on roll) for speech, language and communication needs and autism.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Dagenham East, about 820 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Eastbrook School (->w), 90 metres away.

In 2024/25, Eastbrook School issued 88 suspensions, 7.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 3 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Eastbrook School are Hunters Hall Primary School (0.4 miles), Richard Alibon Primary School with ARP for Cognitive and Learning Difficulties : SEN Base (0.6 miles), William Bellamy Primary School (0.7 miles) and John Perry Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.