School admissions in Barking
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.
Reception places, September 2026
11 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastbury Community School | 1.22 | 60 | 0.776 km (≈0.48 mi) |
| Thames View Infants | 1.08 | 120 | 3.2842 km (≈2.04 mi) |
| Greatfields Primary School | 1.03 | 30 | not published |
| Northbury Primary School | 1.00 | 77 | 2.382 km (≈1.48 mi) |
| Ripple Primary School | 1.00 | 28 | not published |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | 1.00 | 37 | not published |
| Riverside Primary School | 0.99 | 86 | not published |
| George Carey Church of England Primary School | 0.98 | 64 | 1.1158 km (≈0.69 mi) |
| Gascoigne Primary School | 0.97 | 127 | 0.7667 km (≈0.48 mi) |
| St Margarets CofE Primary School | 0.95 | 59 | not published |
| Eastbury Primary School | 0.93 | 81 | not published |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.
Year 7 places, September 2026
4 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College | 1.18 | 359 | 1.908 km (≈1.19 mi) |
| Greatfields School | 0.87 | 166 | not published |
| Riverside School | 0.74 | 294 | not published |
| Eastbury Community School | 0.61 | 170 | 1.504 km (≈0.93 mi) |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.