School admissions in Barking and Dagenham
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 30 of these schools also have a published admissions cutoff distance. 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
44 schools. 7 received more first preferences than they had places.
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
12 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Saints Catholic School and Technology College | 1.20 | 240 | not published |
| Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College | 1.18 | 359 | 1.908 km (≈1.19 mi) |
| The Sydney Russell School | 1.01 | 357 | 1.363 km (≈0.85 mi) |
| The Warren School | 1.00 | 240 | 2.074 km (≈1.29 mi) |
| Jo Richardson Community School | 0.99 | 299 | 2.183 km (≈1.36 mi) |
| Goresbrook School | 0.92 | 124 | 2.12 km (≈1.32 mi) |
| Greatfields School | 0.87 | 166 | not published |
| Dagenham Park CofE School | 0.86 | 170 | not published |
| Robert Clack School | 0.85 | 507 | 2.74 km (≈1.70 mi) |
| Riverside School | 0.74 | 294 | not published |
| Eastbrook School | 0.64 | 117 | 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.