Eastbury Community School

All-through · Community school · Mixed · Barking and Dagenham

Hulse Avenue, Barking, IG11 9UW

Website 02085074500

headline score

Ranking (England)

—

No ranked results

Ofsted

School remains Good

No graded inspection

Application demand

90%

1st preference success · Oversubscribed

Attendance

92.3%

25.0% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

2,039

Capacity used

Has space

91%

2,236 places

GCSE rank (England)

—

KS2 rank (England)

—

Application demand

Primary entry · official council applications and offers

Oversubscribed

90%

1st preference success rate

60 of 67 families who put it first got an offer

Places offered

145

Total applications

2.4

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)	Applications	Offers	Success
1st preference	67	60	● 90%
2nd preference	35	0	● 0%
3rd preference	22	0	● 0%
Later preferences (4th–6th)	21	0	● 0%
Total	145	60	41%

1st preference success by year

98%

2020

88%

2021

74%

2022

86%

2023

90%

2024

90%

2025

Barking and Dagenham lets families list 6 preferences. 8 applications came from outside the council area (2 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.

Details

Type: Community school
Phase: All-through
Age range: 3–19
Gender: Mixed
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Sixth form: Yes
Nursery: Has Nursery Classes
Boarding: No boarders
Headteacher: Jennifer Ashe
Address: Hulse Avenue, Barking, IG11 9UW
Phone: 02085074500
Local authority: Barking and Dagenham
Ward / constituency: Longbridge · Barking
Area: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN: 101244

Gov.uk school record Performance tables

Pupils

Measure	School	LA	England
Free school meals	29%	—	—
English as additional language	47%	—	—
SEN support	11%	—	—

51% boys (1043)49% girls (996)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

2,039 pupils · 2,236 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

24
20 March 2024
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good

View all Ofsted reports

Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 1,913 pupils

Attendance

92.3%

Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%

Overall absence

7.7%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%

Persistent absence

25.0%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%

Severe absence

2.5%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

3.8%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

25%

20/21

34%

21/22

33%

22/23

30%

23/24

25%

24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

Primary results (Key Stage 2)

Measure	School	LA	England
Expected standard in reading, writing & maths	73%	—	—
Higher standard	10%	—	—
Reading progress	—	—	0.0
Writing progress	—	—	0.0
Maths progress	—	—	0.0

GCSE results

Measure	School	LA	England
Attainment 8 score	46.0	—	—
Progress 8 score	0.21	—	0.00
Grade 5+ in English & maths	42%	—	—
Grade 4+ in English & maths	62%	—	—
EBacc average point score	3.70	—	—

Progress 8 band

Well below

5% of schools

Below

26% of schools

Average

43% of schools

Above

21% of schools

Well above

5% of schools

A-level results

Measure	School	LA	England
Average points per entry	28.32	—	—

Average grade: C- (England B-)

Primary results by subject (SATs)

Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England

Reading, writing & maths combined

Expected standard84%

+22% vs England

Higher standard18%

+10% vs England

Reading

Expected standard89%

+14% vs England

Higher standard62%

+29% vs England

Average score110

+4 vs England

Writing

Expected standard87%

+15% vs England

Greater depth24%

+11% vs England

Maths

Expected standard91%

+17% vs England

Higher standard47%

+21% vs England

Average score110

+5 vs England

Grammar, punctuation & spelling

Expected standard93%

+20% vs England

Higher standard71%

+41% vs England

Average score113

+8 vs England

Science

Expected standard93%

+11% vs England

England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).

Primary results over time

Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

Result	School	England (approx.)
Expected standard (RWM)	84%	61%
Higher standard	18%	8%

GCSE results over time

Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

Result	School	England (approx.)
Attainment 8	44.8	46
Grade 5+ English & maths	38.3%	46%
Grade 4+ English & maths	60.9%	65%
Entering EBacc	5.5%	40%
EBacc average point score	3.53	4.1
Pupils in cohort	274	—

How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)

Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.

Disadvantaged pupils

-0.07

Other pupils

+0.35

Low prior attainers

+0.38

Middle prior attainers

+0.21

High prior attainers

-0.03

Girls

+0.23

Boys

+0.20

A-level results over time

Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

Result	School	England (approx.)
Average points per entry	30.03	35
Average grade	C	—
AAB or better (2 facilitating)	2.5%	17%
A-level students	119	—

Results by subject

Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.

GCSE

Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.

Subject	Entries	Grade 7+	Grade 5+	Grade 4+
Mathematics	275	14%	45%	68%
English Language	273	10%	42%	60%
English Literature	270	16%	51%	70%
Religious Studies	264	16%	47%	61%
Combined Science	227	8%	37%	54%
Social Studies	128	14%	50%	66%
Art and Design	99	14%	54%	68%
Computer Science	96	17%	41%	58%
Business	89	15%	38%	58%
History	80	15%	36%	46%
Geography	75	20%	41%	55%
Physical Education	48	2%	17%	29%

A level

Subject	Entries	A*	A*–A	A*–B
Psychology	45	2%	11%	29%
Sociology	40	10%	35%	70%
Mathematics	40	3%	10%	33%
Business Studies	36	3%	6%	28%
Economics	35	0%	3%	11%
Chemistry	29	0%	3%	7%
Biology	24	4%	4%	21%
Computer Science	23	0%	4%	26%
Government and Politics	17	6%	24%	47%
History	15	0%	20%	47%
Physics	11	0%	9%	27%
English Literature	11	0%	9%	55%

Oxbridge

Cambridge offers by year

Ranked #235 of 1,857 UK schools with Cambridge offers²

UCAS apply centre 19899: Eastbury Community School

Cambridge admissions¹	2020
Applications	10
Offers	3
Success rate	30%
Accepted offers	3

¹ Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).

² Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.

Where students go next

Measure	School	LA	England
Higher education (university)	69%	—	—
Apprenticeships	4%	—	—
Any education or training	71%	—	—

Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.

House prices near the school

Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.

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Key application dates

National deadlines in England. Apply through Barking and Dagenham council, not the school.

Entry	Deadline	Offer day
Reception (primary)	15 January	16 April (or next working day)
Year 7 (secondary)	31 October	1 March (or next working day)

Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.

Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.