Richard Alibon Primary School with ARP for Cognitive and Learning Difficulties : SEN Base: admissions history
How many families applied, how many places there were, and how far the last place went - every year we hold.
For September 2026 entry, 55 families put Richard Alibon Primary School with ARP for Cognitive and Learning Difficulties : SEN Base as their first choice and 141 named it as one of their preferences, for 60 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places, so in 2026 a family who put it first could expect an offer unless the school's other criteria ruled them out.
Demand has been fairly steady: 48 first choices in 2021, against 55 in 2026.
Across Barking and Dagenham, 95% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2025, families in Barking and Dagenham lodged 233 appeals against primary school offers; 99 reached a hearing and 9 succeeded (9.1% of those heard).
Applications and offers by year
| Entry year | Places offered | First choices | Named at all | First choices per place | First choices not offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 60 | 55 | 141 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2025 | 47 | 46 | 112 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 65 | 64 | 141 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 54 | 54 | 134 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 52 | 52 | 131 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 49 | 48 | 162 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 62 | 60 | 172 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 64 | 63 | 184 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 50 | 49 | 164 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 59 | 55 | 189 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2016 | 59 | 54 | 172 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2015 | 70 | 64 | 200 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2014 | 69 | 66 | 197 | 1.0 | 1 |
Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school-level file). "Places offered" is the number of offers made on national offer day, which can differ from the school's published admission number.