Thames View Junior School, Barking

Ofsted's report card from its 10 February 2026 inspection grades Thames View Junior School on 6 areas: 5 strong standard and 1 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Attendance for all groups of pupils is consistently above the national average and has been for some time."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "Pupils learn an ambitious curriculum that has both breadth and depth."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders have planned and implemented a curriculum that supports the most vulnerable pupils to thrive."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders have a clear, ambitious vision for the school and consistently high expectations."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Daily assemblies help pupils learn important information, such as how to keep themselves safe online."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils learn the curriculum well."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should build on their work to ensure that consistently effective teaching leads to pupils' high achievement across the curriculum".

In its own words: "'Strive for Excellence' is our school motto, and it reflects everything we do here at Thames View Junior School. We hope it gives you a sense of what makes Thames View Junior School such a special place to learn and grow. Thames View Junior School is a four-form-entry school for children in Years 3 to 6."

The school runs after-school care, from £2.50 per session.

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils at Thames View Junior School reached the expected standard in reading and 84% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 81% and 80% in Barking and Dagenham and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 66% in reading and 70% in maths in 2024.

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 2026, families in Barking and Dagenham lodged 204 appeals against primary school offers; 71 reached a hearing and 2 succeeded (2.8% of those heard).

The nearest other state primary schools to Thames View Junior School are Thames View Infants (0.1 miles, Outstanding); George Carey Church of England Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 79% reading, 80% maths); Eastbury Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 66% reading, 56% maths); and Riverside Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 87% reading, 90% maths).

Thames View Junior School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

Thames View Junior 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.

29 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Thames View Junior School (as of April 2026): 83% would recommend the school, 83% say their child is happy there and 56% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they are kept well informed about progress (86%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (56%).

34.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 76.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (41%), Black (25%) and Mixed (10%).

The nearest Underground station is Upney Underground Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Thames View Health Centre, 100 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Thames View Junior School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Thames View Junior School issued 11 suspensions, 3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Thames View Junior School are Riverside School (0.8 miles); Greatfields School (0.9 miles); Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College (1 mile); and Jo Richardson Community School (1.1 miles).