Eastbury Community School

Barking and Dagenham · IG11 9UW

General information All-through School · 3-19 years Who goes here 2039 pupils, 28.5% FSM

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Eastbury Community School

General Information

Address: Hulse Avenue, Barking, IG11 9UW – View on map
Phone: 02085074500
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Ms Jennifer Ashe
Age range: 3-19 years
Furthest place offered from: Not distance-based that year - The council's table shows 0 for this school, so no cut-off distance is published for September 2026 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): 104 families put it first for 170 places – 6 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 8 of the 170 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 7 · 2024 8 · 2025 7 · 2026 6
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 73 families put it first for 60 places – 12 for every 10 places. 82% of them were offered a place. 2 of the 60 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 12 · 2024 11 · 2025 11 · 2026 12
Sixth form: Yes
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

2039 pupils out of 2236 places

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 500
% eligible for free school meals: 28.5%
Pupil mix: 9 in 10 (similar to the Barking and Dagenham average)
English as an additional language: 41% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 14.6% 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

About this Behaviour status

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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: 7.7%
Persistently absent pupils: 25.0%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

Resourced provision 22 places · 22 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: 11.0%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.5%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 76 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 39 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 38 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 28 pupils
SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 20 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 17 pupils
Hearing impairment: 15 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 12 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Good 2024 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

SecondaryGCSE results, Year 11

Attainment 8 score: 44.8
Compared with the area: 4.4 points below the Barking and Dagenham average (49.2)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (−4.0 points against an expected 48.8)
Grade 4+ in English and maths: 61% (Barking and Dagenham 69%, England 65%) Broadly steady
Data year: 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

GCSE results over time

This schoolBarking and Dagenham averageEngland→ Broadly steady No clear rise or fall since 2022/23 (changes this small are normal from one year group to the next). In 2024/25 this school was 4.4 points below the Barking and Dagenham average (49.2).

About the Attainment 8 score

Attainment 8 measures a pupil's average result across 8 GCSE-equivalent qualifications (English and maths count double). It shows how pupils performed, not how much progress they made getting there - a school with a higher score doesn't necessarily add more value, since pupils often arrive with different starting points. Progress 8 is the measure designed to account for that, but it currently can't be calculated for any school for the two most recent academic years, due to a nationwide gap in the data caused by COVID-19 disruption to Key Stage 2 testing.

10th of 13 all-through schools in Barking and Dagenham for Attainment 8

#8The Warren School47.6
#9Greatfields School45.6
#10Eastbury Community School44.8
#11Dagenham Park CofE School42.1
#12Brook Sixth Form and Academy38.7

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Attainment 8 ranking

Illustrative MVP scores - not based on verified data yet.

Rank School Score

#1All Saints Catholic School and Technology College56.1
#2Goresbrook School55.6
#3Riverside School55.5
#4The Sydney Russell School51.2
#5Robert Clack School50.5
#6Jo Richardson Community School50.2
#7Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College49.7
#8The Warren School47.6
#9Greatfields School45.6
#10Eastbury Community School44.8
#11Dagenham Park CofE School42.1
#12Brook Sixth Form and Academy38.7
#13Eastbrook School37.2

Leaver Destinations

In education, employment, or training a year later: 91.0%
Went into further education: 89.0%
Data year: 2024/25

About leaver destinations

This shows where a school's Year 11 leavers were recorded the following year - in a "sustained" destination means in education, an apprenticeship, or employment for at least 6 months, not just enrolled briefly. It's a different picture from exam results alone, and can highlight schools that support pupils well beyond just their GCSE grades.

GCSE Subjects Offered

Maths (General)
English Language
English Literature
Religious Studies
Science Double Award
Computer Science
Business Studies
Art & Design
History
Geography
Sociology
Psychology (General)
Sports Studies
Chemistry (General)
Biology
Physics (General)
D & T
Statistics
Speech & Drama
Music Studies (General)
French Language
Photography
Italian
Portuguese
Turkish
Spanish
Russian
German
Chinese
Urdu
Punjabi

About this subject list

This isn't the school's own description of its curriculum - it's real DfE exam entry data, showing which GCSE subjects this school's pupils were actually entered for in 2024/25. A subject not appearing here may still be taught but had no pupils entered that year, so treat this as a helpful guide rather than a complete guarantee - it's worth confirming directly with the school for the year your child would actually study.

PrimaryYear 6 SATs results

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 84% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 18% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 17 percentage points above the Barking and Dagenham average (67%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 71% against an expected 68%)
3-year average (expected standard): 71%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 89% · Writing 87% · Maths 91% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 93%
Average test scores: reading 110, maths 110
Based on: 55 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolBarking and Dagenham averageEngland↗ Improving Up 27 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 17 percentage points above the Barking and Dagenham average (67%).

Year 6 SATs: 4th of 43 junior and primary schools in the area

=1St Margarets CofE Primary School89%
#3Riverside Primary School87%
#4Eastbury Community School84%
=5St Joseph's Catholic Primary School83%
=5The St Teresa Catholic Primary School83%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

=1Rush Green Primary School89%
=1St Margarets CofE Primary School89%
#3Riverside Primary School87%
#4Eastbury Community School84%
=5St Joseph's Catholic Primary School83%
=5The St Teresa Catholic Primary School83%
=5The Sydney Russell School83%
=8St Peter's Catholic Primary School79%
=8Warren Junior School79%
#10Manor Junior School78%
#11Henry Green Primary School77%
=12Beam Primary School76%
=12Monteagle Primary School76%
#14Goresbrook School75%
=15Ripple Primary School73%
=15Thomas Arnold Primary School, Rowdowns Road73%
=17Hunters Hall Primary School72%
=17John Perry Primary School72%
=17Richard Alibon Primary School with ARP for Cognitive and Learning Difficulties : SEN Base72%
#20Godwin Primary School71%
=21George Carey Church of England Primary School70%
=21Parsloes Primary School70%
=21The Leys Primary School70%
#24Northbury Primary School69%
=25St Joseph's Catholic Primary School67%
=25Thames View Junior School67%
=25William Ford CofE Junior School67%
=28St Vincent's Catholic Primary School66%
=28The James Cambell Primary School66%
#30Eastbrook School65%
#31Manor Primary School64%
=32Five Elms Primary School61%
=32William Bellamy Primary School61%
#34Valence Primary School60%
=35Gascoigne Primary School59%
=35Roding Primary School59%
#37Marsh Green Primary School58%
#38Dorothy Barley Junior Academy57%
=39Grafton Primary School56%
=39Southwood Primary School56%
#41Becontree Primary School53%
#42Rose Lane Primary School48%
#43Eastbury Primary School45%

View full Ofsted inspection report

7th of 9 all-through schools in Barking and Dagenham for Ofsted rating

#5The Warren SchoolOutstanding
#6Dagenham Park CofE SchoolGood
#7Eastbury Community SchoolGood
#8Greatfields SchoolGood
#9Robert Clack SchoolGood

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1All Saints Catholic School and Technology CollegeOutstanding
#2Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities CollegeOutstanding
#3Jo Richardson Community SchoolOutstanding
#4Riverside SchoolOutstanding
#5The Warren SchoolOutstanding
#6Dagenham Park CofE SchoolGood
#7Eastbury Community SchoolGood
#8Greatfields SchoolGood
#9Robert Clack SchoolGood

Financials

Spending per pupil: £9,386 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

5th of 13 all-through schools in Barking and Dagenham for spending per pupil

#3Eastbrook School£11,521
#4Dagenham Park CofE School£9,495
#5Eastbury Community School£9,386
#6All Saints Catholic School and Technology College£9,042
#7Greatfields School£8,989

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#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
#6All Saints Catholic School and Technology College£9,042
#7Greatfields School£8,989
#8Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College£8,882
#9Goresbrook School£8,846
#10Robert Clack School£8,613
#11The Sydney Russell School£8,351
#12Riverside School£8,046
#13The Warren School£7,828

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General Information

Who goes here

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Behaviour

Across Barking and Dagenham: suspensions by reason

Attendance

SEN

Most common needs - SEN Support

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Educational Attainment

Attainment 8 ranking

Leaver Destinations ?

GCSE Subjects Offered ?

Year 6 SATs ranking

Ofsted Rating ranking

Financials

Spending Per Pupil ranking

Leaver Destinations

GCSE Subjects Offered