Schools by area › Barking and Dagenham › St Margarets CofE Primary School
St Margarets CofE Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
15-19 North Street, Barking IG11 8AS · st-margarets-barking.org.uk · 020 8594 4003
On the mapSearch near IG11 8AS
Overview
- Ofsted
- Improved significantly
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 89%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Barking and Dagenham 67%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 393
- 94% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 18.3%
- First language not English
- 53.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 56 families put the school first and 59 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 59 | 56 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 69 | 1.2▲ | 81% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 72 | 1.2▲ | 83% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 55 | 55 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 49 | 48 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 89% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 13% the higher standard. Across Barking and Dagenham it was 67%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲89% | 62% | ||
| ▲13% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 101233)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 19 March 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for St Margarets CofE Primary School was: Improved significantly.
- Outcome
- Improved significantly
- Inspected
- 18 Mar 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Oct 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Mar 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jan 2010Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
98% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (47 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 98%
- Replies
- 47
- 12% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 68% who raised concerns
based on the 21% who had a child bullied