Greatfields School
Net Street, Barking, IG11 7QG
1,248 pupils · 68% of 1,824 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- PARTNERSHIP LEARNING
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 34.6%
Ofsted
Standards maintained (2024) — Ungraded inspection — “Standards maintained” (no overall grade issued)
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 16 October 2024, published 5 December 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 | 45.6 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 41.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 65.7% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 47.7% |
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?
Usually has places available — 0.87 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 166 | 145 | 359 | 162 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 159 | 149 | 379 | 158 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 196 | 182 | 453 | 196 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 203 | 177 | 406 | 201 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 173 | 161 | 356 | 173 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 160 | 146 | 383 | 160 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 155 | 129 | 392 | 155 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 159 | 129 | 376 | 159 |
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
- Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College 1.6 km · Outstanding (2024) · previous system
- Little Ilford School 2.5 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Plashet, City of London Academy 2.6 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Riverside School 2.6 km · Outstanding (2022) · previous system
- Jo Richardson Community School 2.9 km · Outstanding (2024) · previous system
- Kingsford Community School 2.9 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.