Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College
Sandringham Road, Barking, IG11 9AG
2,418 pupils · 100% of 2,420 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 29.6%
Ofsted
Outstanding (2024) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 31 January 2024, published 4 March 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 49.7 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 50.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 70% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 38.2% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.18 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 359 | 423 | 1,097 | 355 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 357 | 372 | 1,039 | 353 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 357 | 342 | 1,029 | 357 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 360 | 320 | 950 | 355 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 355 | 306 | 1,001 | 355 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 361 | 341 | 1,137 | 361 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 359 | 344 | 1,229 | 359 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 359 | 334 | 1,349 | 359 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Greatfields School 1.6 km · Standards maintained (2024)
- Jo Richardson Community School 2 km · Outstanding (2024) · previous system
- The Palmer Catholic Academy 2.5 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Riverside School 2.6 km · Outstanding (2022) · previous system
- Mayfield School 2.8 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Little Ilford School 3.1 km · Good (2022) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.