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Greatfields School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Free school
Net Street, Barking IG11 7QG · greatfieldsschool.com · 020 3946 5900
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Oct 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 45.6
- average Attainment 8 score. Barking and Dagenham 48.4, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,248
- 68% of 1,824 places
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 34.6%
- First language not English
- 73%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Partnership Learning
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 145 families put the school first and 166 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 166 | 145 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 159 | 149 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 196 | 182 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 203 | 177 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 173 | 161 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 45.6, and 41.9% 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- (28.3 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●45.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼41.9% | 45.4% | ||
| ●65.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲47.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.07 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 48.8 | −5.7 |
| Sixth form college | 8.3 | +0.2 |
| Further education | 32.2 | +11 |
| Other education | 1 | — |
| Employment | 1 | −1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.4 | −5.7 |
| Activity not captured | 4.4 | +1.4 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 56 students | C- (28.3) | Below average -0.19 | |
| 57 students | C- (28.3) | Below average -0.20 | |
| 36 students | Dist+ (36.9) | Above average +0.53 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 37 | C- (25.7) | -0.30 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
Left in 2023/24
| University | 71 |
|---|---|
| Further and other education | 6.4 |
| Further education | 3.2 |
| Other education | 3.2 |
| Apprenticeship | 1.6 |
| Employment | 9.7 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.5 |
| Activity not captured | 4.8 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 16 October 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Greatfields School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 15 Oct 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
20% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (10 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 20%
- Replies
- 10
- 1% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 100% who raised concerns
based on the 50% who had a child bullied