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Schools in Barking and Dagenham

63 open schools · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · best primary schools · best secondary schools

Barking and Dagenham has 62 state schools: 44 primary, 8 secondary, 5 all-through. Between them they teach around 45,682 pupils. 52 have enough published data for a score, averaging 6.0 out of 10, and 10 score 8 or above.

17 have a sixth form. 41 take children from age three or under. 11 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. How the score works.

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Barking 18 schools Dagenham 40 schools Romford 58 schools
Al Madina School for Girls Barking · Good All Saints Catholic School and Technology College Dagenham · Outstanding Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College Barking · Outstanding Barking and Dagenham College Romford · Good Beam Primary School Dagenham · Not judged Becontree Primary School Dagenham · Good Brook Sixth Form and Academy Dagenham · Not judged Dagenham Park CofE School Dagenham · Good Dorothy Barley Infants' School Dagenham · Good Dorothy Barley Junior Academy Dagenham · Good Eastbrook School Dagenham · Good Eastbury Community School Barking · Good Eastbury Primary School Barking · Good Five Elms Primary School Dagenham · Good Furze Infant School Romford · Good Gascoigne Primary School Barking · Good George Carey Church of England Primary School Barking · Good Godwin Primary School Dagenham · Good Goresbrook School Dagenham · Not judged Grafton Primary School Dagenham · Outstanding Greatfields Primary School Barking Greatfields School Barking · Good Henry Green Primary School Dagenham · Good Hunters Hall Primary School Dagenham · Good Jo Richardson Community School Dagenham · Outstanding John Perry Primary School Dagenham · Good Manor Junior School Barking · Not judged Manor Primary School Dagenham · Good Marsh Green Primary School Dagenham · Good Monteagle Primary School Dagenham · Good Northbury Primary School Barking · Good Oxlow Bridge School Dagenham Parsloes Primary School Dagenham · Good Pathways School Dagenham · Good Richard Alibon Primary School with ARP for Cognitive and Learning Difficulties : SEN Base Dagenham · Good Ripple Primary School Barking · Good Riverside Bridge School Barking · Good Riverside Primary School Barking · Good Riverside School Barking · Outstanding Robert Clack School Dagenham · Good Roding Primary School Dagenham · Good Rose Lane Primary School Romford · Requires improvement Rush Green Primary School Romford · Not judged Southwood Primary School Dagenham · Good St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Barking · Good St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Dagenham · Good St Margarets CofE Primary School Barking · Good St Peter's Catholic Primary School Dagenham · Good St Vincent's Catholic Primary School Dagenham · Good Thames View Infants Barking · Outstanding Thames View Junior School Barking · Good The James Cambell Primary School Dagenham · Good The Leys Primary School Dagenham · Good The St Teresa Catholic Primary School Dagenham · Not judged The Sydney Russell School Dagenham · Good The Warren School Romford · Outstanding Thomas Arnold Primary School, Rowdowns Road Dagenham · Good Trinity School Dagenham · Outstanding Valence Primary School Dagenham · Good Village Infants' School Dagenham · Good Warren Junior School Romford · Outstanding William Bellamy Primary School Dagenham · Good William Ford CofE Junior School Dagenham · Good

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

Riverside School Outstanding · ×0.74 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Roding Primary School Good · ×0.8 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Dagenham Park CofE School Good · ×0.86 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Henry Green Primary School Good · ×0.86 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Greatfields School Good · ×0.87 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Eastbrook School Good · ×0.92 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Richard Alibon Primary School with ARP for Cognitive and Learning Difficulties : SEN Base Good · ×0.92 1st prefs/place (2026/27) The Sydney Russell School Good · ×0.92 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Eastbury Primary School Good · ×0.93 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Robert Clack School Good · ×0.93 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Barking and Dagenham

Primary schools: Many community schools use straight-line distance as the oversubscription criterion; unplaced children fall back to the nearest school with a vacancy, not a catchment school. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 2027-10-31
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 2028-01-15
Sept 2028 Offer day 2028-03-01
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 2028-04-17
Sept 2027 Application deadline 2026-10-31
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 2027-01-15
Sept 2027 Offer day 2027-03-01
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 2027-04-16
Sept 2026 Application deadline 2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2026-03-02 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 2026-04-16 (passed)

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