Eastbury Community School, Barking

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

44% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 48% in Barking and Dagenham and 47% in England.

That is up from 44.8 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.21: pupils made above 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 43.7, against 49.1 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 5.4 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Art and Design.

For September 2026 entry, 104 families put Eastbury Community School as their first choice and 445 named it as one of their preferences, for 170 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Eastbury Community School are Loxford School (0.5 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 54.1); Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College (0.5 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 48.7); Greatfields School (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.8); and Langdon Academy (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 52.2).

Eastbury Community School's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Of the 283 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 90% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 39% to a further education college and 1% into work.

Of the 125 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 75% went on to university or other higher education, 2% to apprenticeships and 6% into work. 23% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

40.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (44%), Black (14%) and Mixed (10%).

In 2026, 224 pupils (11%) received SEN support and 51 (2.5%) 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 speech, language and communication needs.

Eastbury Community School has a resourced provision: 22 places, 22 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Barking Station, about 700 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hulse Avenue / Barking Park, 190 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 805 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and other theft. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Barking and Dagenham (470), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Eastbury Community School issued 21 suspensions, 1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Eastbury Community School are Ripple Primary School (0.5 miles), Manor Junior School (0.5 miles), Manor Primary School (0.5 miles) and Woodlands Primary School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.