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The Warren School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy

Whalebone Lane North, Chadwell Heath, Romford RM6 6SB · thewarrenschool.net · 020 8270 4500

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Overview

Ofsted
Outstanding
2019 framework · inspected May 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
47.6
average Attainment 8 score. Barking and Dagenham 48.4, England 46
Last distance offered
1.29 mi
2.07 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Barking and Dagenham Council
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,392
12 over 1,380 places · 101%
Local authority
Barking and Dagenham
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
31%
First language not English
40.9%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Loxford School Trust Limited

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 1.29 mi (2.07 km) from the school; in September 2025 it was 2.27 mi (3.66 km). Source: Barking and Dagenham Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 239 families put the school first and 240 places were offered; 85% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

Demand for places

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 136 (Places 152)136September 2023: 158 (Places 198)158September 2024: 174 (Places 222)174September 2025: 203 (Places 239)203September 2026: 239 (Places 240)239Places 240
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026240239185%
September 2025Sept 20252392030.898%
September 2024Sept 20242221740.8100%
September 2023Sept 20231981580.8100%
September 2022Sept 20221521360.9100%

Last distance offered

Year 7Distance
September 20261.29 mi2.07 km
September 20252.27 mi3.66 km

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 47.6, and 44.9% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Barking and Dagenham it was 48.4, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C+ (33.4 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 46.5 (England 46.3)46.52017/18: 46.0 (England 46.5)46.02018/19: 43.1 (England 46.7)43.12021/22: 50.2 (England 48.8)50.22022/23: 51.4 (England 46.3)51.42023/24: 48.2 (England 45.9)48.22024/25: 47.6 (England 46.0)47.6England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
●47.646.0
●44.9%45.4%
▲71.2%64.8%
▲67.3%40.5%
●4.284.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form58.4−0.3
Sixth form college3+1.9
Further education30.2−3.3
Other education0.5−0.1
Apprenticeship1−0.1
Not in a lasting destination3.5−0.4
Activity not captured3.5+2.9

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 28.3 (England 30.5)C-2016/17: 25.5 (England 31.1)C-2017/18: 29.9 (England 32.1)C2018/19: 31.7 (England 32.9)C+2021/22: 39.7 (England 37.9)B2022/23: 36.5 (England 34.2)B-2023/24: 37.0 (England 34.4)B-2024/25: 33.4 (England 35.0)C+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
78 studentsC+ (33.4)Average +0.06
78 studentsC+ (33.4)Average +0.06
55 studentsDist (36.2)Above average +0.58
16 studentsDist+ (38.3)Above average +0.61
6.7%AAB or better
98.6%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2477B- (37)+0.45
2022/2372B- (36.5)—
2021/2274B (39.7)—
2018/1984C+ (31.7)-0.02
2017/18113C (29.9)+0.02
2016/1767C- (25.5)-0.01
2015/1647C- (28.3)+0.29

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University73−0.3
Further and other education2.4−0.1
Further education0.8−0.9
Other education1.6+0.8
Apprenticeship3.2−1
Employment10.3+2.8
Not in a lasting destination8.7−0.5
Activity not captured2.4−0.9

Ofsted

The Warren School was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 15 May 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Outstanding
Inspected
15 May 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth formOutstanding

Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, Feb 2023

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 101240), which Ofsted links to this one.

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Feb 2023Ungraded inspectionImproving
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Dec 2017Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Feb 2013Inadequate
    Outcomes for pupilsInadequate
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentInadequate
    Leadership and managementInadequate

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 101240)

What parents said

84% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (19 replies, to 7 April 2025).

Recommend
84%
Replies
19
1% · 7 Apr 2025
Child is happy at school▼84% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▲95% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▲90% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲94% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼84% agreeEngland 88%
Told what child will learn▼79% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing●84% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲95% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▲95% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▲84% agreeEngland 80%
Concerns are dealt with properly●76% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 68% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲69% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 32% who had a child bullied

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