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Eastbury Community School

All-through · Barking · IG11 9UW

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 20 March 2024

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At a glance

2,039 pupils · 91% of 2,236 capacity

School type
Community school
Age range
3–19
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
28.5% of pupils
English as additional language
43.3% of pupils
SEN support
10.1% of pupils
EHC plan
2.6% of pupils
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.eastbury.bardaglea.org.uk
URN
101244

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.22 first-choice applications per place

60 places offered · 73 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.61 first-choice applications per place

170 places offered · 104 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry) lived within 0.776 km (≈0.48 mi)

measured in a straight line.

Cutoff distance by entry year

22
24
25

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Cutoff distances as published by the local authority (source). Siblings and other priority groups are offered places first; cutoffs move year to year.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

The council does not publish a cutoff distance for this school.

Cutoff distances as published by the local authority (source). Siblings and other priority groups are offered places first; cutoffs move year to year.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

55 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
84%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
18%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
110
England 105

GCSE results (2024/2025)

274 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
44.8
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
60.9%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
38.3%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.5
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) C
30
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.6%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
19.8%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
14.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

92% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 1% moved to another state school · 7% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£9,386
Typical all-through school£7,730

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
91%
Continuing in education
89%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
1%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
70%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
13%
Any sustained destination
89%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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