Eastbury Primary School, Barking
Eastbury Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in Barking, part of Partnership Learning. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in February 2019. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in April 2024 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 11th-highest of the 11 schools in Barking with published results, and 12,729th of 14,452 across England. It was 87% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- Below England average
- Ofsted
- Good (2019)
- Demand
- Every first choice offered
- Attendance
- Below England average
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Barking and Dagenham (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Eastbury Primary School in detail
Eastbury Primary School in its own words
From the headteacher's welcome: "At Eastbury Primary School we recognise the importance of building relationships with the community and the families within it. Our Early Help system is designed to offer further support that is focussed to specific areas of concern or need that parents will speak to us about."
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include netball and dance.
The school runs a breakfast club.
Headteacher's welcome (school website)Clubs (school website)Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils at Eastbury Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 56% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 81% and 80% in Barking and Dagenham and 77% and 75% across England.
Results fell from 69% in reading and 69% in maths in 2024.
Getting a place at Eastbury Primary School
For September 2026 entry, 75 families put Eastbury Primary School as their first choice and 210 named it as one of their preferences, for 81 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.
Admissions history and your chances at Eastbury Primary School
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Eastbury Primary School are Manor Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 72% reading, 75% maths); Manor Junior School (0.4 miles, Good, 87% reading, 86% maths); Ripple Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 79% reading, 83% maths); and Thames View Junior School (0.6 miles, Good, 77% reading, 84% maths).
Each of them had higher 2025 results than Eastbury Primary School.
Manor Primary SchoolManor Junior SchoolRipple Primary SchoolThames View Junior School
The trust
Eastbury Primary School is one of 20 schools run by Partnership Learning, an academy trust.
Across the trust's primary schools, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
Who goes there
83.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
The largest ethnic groups are Asian (46%), Black (14%) and White British (11%).
Eastbury Primary School has a resourced provision for multi-sensory impairment: 12 places, 12 pupils on roll.
Getting there
The nearest Underground station is Upney Underground Station, about 220 metres away (roughly a 3-minute walk).
8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Tudor Road Upney, 100 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Eastbury Primary School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, Eastbury Primary School issued 7 suspensions, 0.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Eastbury Primary School are Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College (0.4 miles); Eastbury Community School (0.6 miles); Greatfields School (0.7 miles); and Loxford School (1 mile).
Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities CollegeEastbury Community SchoolGreatfields SchoolLoxford School
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Every family who put it first was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance did not limit places that year.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 3 years agoThis judgement is from February 2019, 7 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.
Overall
Latest (ungraded) inspection: The school remains Good.
Ofsted Insights
Ofsted rated this school Good at its February 2019 inspection - up from Requires Improvement.
Rated Good for
Leadership & management.
At a Glance
17.8%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
Resourced provision: Multi-sensory
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 66% (2024 to 2025). Maths has declined from 69% to 56% (2024 to 2025). Writing has declined from 72% to 68% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
26.1
Avg class size
25.9
Infant (KS1)
26.9
KS2
29
Total classes
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with Eastbury Primary School
Before and after school care
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Eastbury Primary School.
- Manor Junior Extended School Provision810m away · Not yet graded
- Manor Infants Before School810m away · Not yet graded
- Malearn @ Thames View Junior School960m away · Not yet graded
- Thames View Extended Provision960m away · Not yet graded
Getting There
Tube / Metro / Tram
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Eastbury Primary School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Eastbury Primary School is in Barking and Dagenham; for families living there:
Apply to Barking and Dagenham for free school transport. Its policy is on the council's website.
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 61
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 8
- Children hurt
- 6
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 61 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 8 serious and 53 slight.
6 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise.
11 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Barking and Dagenham is 65 (the median across 68 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Your chances of a place at Eastbury Primary School
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
87%
Available places
729 pupils
840 places
111 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Barking
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Barking
Across Barking and Dagenham council
Places available
3,884
Applications
2,970
Got 1st preference
95.3%
Got preferred school
99.3%
All primary applications across Barking and Dagenham council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Every first choice offered
Inspection History(2)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
137
SEN Support
38
EHC Plans
22.5%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Eastbury Primary School has a resourced provision for multi-sensory impairment: 12 places, 12 pupils on roll.
Source: GIAS, Department for Education.
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
777
Total Pupils
371
Boys
406
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
43
Teachers
18.1:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£59,705
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£6,067
Per pupil
£4964k
Total funding
£239k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
6.3%
Overall absence
19.3%
Persistent absence
694
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Questions parents ask about Eastbury Primary School
What are SATs results like at Eastbury Primary School?
Of the pupils at Eastbury Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 66% reached the expected standard in reading and 56% did so in maths.
What is Eastbury Primary School's Ofsted rating?
Eastbury Primary School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in April 2024, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in February 2019, it was rated Good.
What is the catchment area for Eastbury Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When Eastbury Primary School is oversubscribed, Barking and Dagenham allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at Eastbury Primary School?
Eastbury Primary School was not full in 2025: it ran at 87% of its 840 places.
How big are the classes at Eastbury Primary School?
Classes at Eastbury Primary School average 26.1 pupils (2025/26).
How many pupils go to Eastbury Primary School?
Eastbury Primary School has around 777 pupils on roll. 18% are eligible for free school meals.
Does Eastbury Primary School have specialist SEN provision?
Eastbury Primary School has a resourced provision for multi-sensory impairment: 12 places, 12 pupils on roll.
What is attendance like at Eastbury Primary School?
6.3% of sessions were missed at Eastbury Primary School in 2024/25. 19.3% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Eastbury Primary School?
Apply through Barking and Dagenham's coordinated admissions process, naming Eastbury Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
Does Eastbury Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Ofsted's childcare register lists 4 out-of-school clubs within a kilometre of Eastbury Primary School: Manor Junior Extended School Provision (810m away, registered, not yet graded), Manor Infants Before School (810m away, registered, not yet graded) and Malearn @ Thames View Junior School (960m away, registered, not yet graded). The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.
How many road collisions happen near Eastbury Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 61 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 8 serious and 53 slight. 6 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise. 11 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Barking and Dagenham is 65 (the median across 68 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Eastbury Primary School?
Eastbury Primary School is at Dawson Avenue, Barking, Essex, IG11 9QQ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)