Eastbrook School
General Information
- Address: Dagenham Road, Dagenham, RM10 7UR – View on map
- Phone: 02037803609
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Tony Roe
- Age range: 4-19 years
- Furthest place offered from: Not oversubscribed on distance that year From the council's own Sept 2026 admissions data - not a fixed catchment boundary, and no guarantee for future years, since it shifts with demand each year.
- Demand for places (Year 7, September 2026): 75 families put it first for 117 places – 6 for every 10 places. 99% of them were offered a place. 1 of the 117 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 8 · 2024 7 · 2025 8 · 2026 6
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 33 families put it first for 36 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: Yes
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 378
- % eligible for free school meals: 34.3%
- Pupil mix: 9 in 10 (similar to the Barking and Dagenham average)
- English as an additional language: 46% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 14% a year (Barking and Dagenham 15.1%, typical in England 15.5%)
- Where they went: about 42% moved to another school, 58% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Barking and Dagenham: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 36 (1.7 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.7)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 6
- Suspensions for bullying: 20 (0.9 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.9)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 3 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.8)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state secondary schools in Barking and Dagenham, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 9.2%
- Persistently absent pupils: 31.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- SEN unit for AutismSpeech, language and communication 42 places · 30 pupils at the last count
- Resourced provision for AutismSpeech, language and communication 38 places · 38 pupils at the last count
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.
- Pupils on SEN Support: 6.7%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 7.3%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 33 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 25 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 12 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 9 pupils
- Physical disability: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 43 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 27 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 11 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 9 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Ofsted report card November 2025
Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.
- Safeguarding Met
- Inclusion Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching Expected standard
- Achievement Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing Expected standard
- Early years Strong standard
- Sixth form (post-16) Expected standard
- Leadership and governance Strong standard
Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Good (2021). The report card above replaces that grade.
- Attainment 8 score: 37.2
- Compared with the area: 12.0 points below the Barking and Dagenham average (49.2)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (−8.3 points against an expected 45.5)
- Grade 4+ in English and maths: 48% (Barking and Dagenham 69%, England 65%) Broadly steady
- Data year: 2024/25
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GCSE results over time
13th of 13 all-through schools in Barking and Dagenham for Attainment 8
- #11Dagenham Park CofE School42.1
- #12Brook Sixth Form and Academy38.7
- #13Eastbrook School37.2
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Leaver Destinations
- In education, employment, or training a year later: 90.0%
- Went into further education: 88.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
GCSE Subjects Offered
- Maths (General)
- English Language
- English Literature
- Science Double Award
- History
- Geography
- Business Studies
- Photography
- Media Studies
- Computer Science
- French Language
- Sports Studies
- Biology
- Economics
- Chemistry (General)
- Community Development
- Sociology
- Physics (General)
- Spanish
- D & T
- Art & Design
- Bengali
- Greek
- Religious Studies
- Russian
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 65% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 3% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Barking and Dagenham average (67%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 65% against an expected 67%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 65%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 84% · Writing 77% · Maths 68% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 65%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 103
- Based on: 31 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
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SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: 30th of 43 junior and primary schools in the area
- =28St Vincent's Catholic Primary School66%
- =28The James Cambell Primary School66%
- #30Eastbrook School65%
- #31Manor Primary School64%
- =32Five Elms Primary School61%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £11,521 (2024-25)
3rd of 13 all-through schools in Barking and Dagenham for spending per pupil
- #1Brook Sixth Form and Academy£12,021
- #2Jo Richardson Community School£11,631
- #3Eastbrook School£11,521
- #4Dagenham Park CofE School£9,495
- #5Eastbury Community School£9,386
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