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Dorothy Barley Infants' School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Community school
Davington Road, Dagenham RM8 2LL · dorothybarleyinfant.co.uk · 020 8270 4655
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Jun 2025
- Last distance offered
- 1.07 mi
- 1.73 km · Reception, September 2025 entry · Barking and Dagenham Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 223
- 62% of 360 places
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 18.6%
- First language not English
- 66.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2025, the last place offered on distance went to a home 1.07 mi (1.73 km) from the school; in September 2024 it was 1.07 mi (1.73 km). Source: Barking and Dagenham Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 43 families put the school first and 45 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 45 | 43 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 46 | 46 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 62 | 1▲ | 95% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 53 | 53 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 77 | 76 | 1 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 1.07 mi1.73 km | |
| September 2024 | 1.07 mi1.73 km | |
How far from the school the child given the last place under the distance rule lives.
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 25 June 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Dorothy Barley Infants' School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 24 Jun 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Feb 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2020Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jul 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Mar 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
85% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (27 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 85%
- Replies
- 27
- 11% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 63% who raised concerns
based on the 44% who had a child bullied