Greatfields School
Secondary · Free schools · Mixed · Barking and Dagenham
Net Street, Barking, IG11 7QG
63
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
90.7%
32.5% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,248
Capacity used
Has space68%
1,824 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
149 of 149 families who put it first got an offer
159
Places offered
379
Total applications
2.4
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 149 | 149 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 70 | 4 | ● 6% |
| 3rd preference | 83 | 4 | ● 5% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 77 | 1 | ● 1% |
| Total | 379 | 158 | 42% |
1st preference success by year
Barking and Dagenham lets families list 6 preferences. 17 applications came from outside the council area (4 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- David Hudson
- Address
- Net Street, Barking, IG11 7QG
- Phone
- 02039465900
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Ward / constituency
- Gascoigne · Barking
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 142908
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 35% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 80% | — | — |
| SEN support | 15% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: PARTNERSHIP LEARNING
1,248 pupils · 1,824 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
16 October 2024
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,082 pupils
Attendance
90.7%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
9.3%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
32.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.6%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
5.0%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 44.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.30 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 42% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 60% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.98 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 25.68 | — | — |
Average grade: C- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 45.6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 41.9% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 65.7% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 47.7% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.07 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 172 | — |
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.
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 | 28.33 | 35 |
| Average grade | C- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 8.9% | 17% |
| A-level students | 56 | — |
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 | 172 | 16% | 46% | 68% | |
| English Language | 172 | 20% | 58% | 68% | |
| English Literature | 150 | 25% | 70% | 89% | |
| Combined Science | 137 | 9% | 34% | 53% | |
| Spanish | 83 | 12% | 39% | 57% | |
| Geography | 81 | 10% | 51% | 68% | |
| History | 67 | 30% | 46% | 60% | |
| Social Studies | 66 | 14% | 42% | 53% | |
| Art and Design | 38 | 42% | 76% | 84% | |
| Biology | 33 | 45% | 94% | 97% | |
| Physics | 32 | 41% | 91% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 32 | 47% | 97% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 30 | 0% | 10% | 23% | |
| Biology | 22 | 0% | 23% | 32% | |
| Chemistry | 21 | 0% | 5% | 24% | |
| Sociology | 21 | 14% | 19% | 43% | |
| Psychology | 20 | 5% | 20% | 45% | |
| Business Studies | 17 | 0% | 0% | 12% | |
| Computer Science | 15 | 0% | 7% | 20% | |
| Economics | 9 | 0% | 11% | 67% | |
| English Literature | 8 | 0% | 0% | 38% | |
| History | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Fine Art | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Chinese | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 20320: Greatfields School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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.