Greatfields Primary School
Primary · Barking · IG11 7BL
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Not yet graded
No graded inspection outcome is available for this school under either the current or the previous framework. This is common for recently opened or converted schools.
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50 pupils · 8% of 630 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Free schools
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 22% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 10% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 20% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 0% of pupils (2024/2025)
- URN
- 143720
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 31 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.03 first choices per place. We hold 2 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2024 to 2025; none was decided by a published distance. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.03 first-choice applications per place30 places offered · 31 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2025 entry.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2025 entry.
Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Barking school admissions · Barking and Dagenham school admissions
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
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Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
Any other ethnic group 10% (Barking and Dagenham 2%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 10% (Barking and Dagenham 4%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 10% (Barking and Dagenham 16%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 10% (Barking and Dagenham 11%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 10% (Barking and Dagenham 2%, England 2%) · White British 10% (Barking and Dagenham 13%, England 60%) · Any other Black background 8% (Barking and Dagenham 3%, England 1%) · Black African 8% (Barking and Dagenham 16%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Barking and Dagenham 4%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 6% (Barking and Dagenham 2%, England 2%) · Any other White background 6% (Barking and Dagenham 15%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 2% (Barking and Dagenham 7%, England 4%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Barking and Dagenham 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Barking and Dagenham 2%, England 1%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Barking and Dagenham: 0.75 suspensions and 0.02 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £68,341; 50% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2024-25)
Where the money went (2024-25)
Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 66% (77%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 21% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 8% (4%) · bought-in professional services 0% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve £1,000; in-year balance +£112,000
Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 35.1% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 20.1% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 19.3% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 28.6% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 56.1% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 22.9% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 50.4% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 26.4% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 0.7% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 93.9% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 1.2% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 47.9% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01034479 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £345,000353 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £257,000–£407,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 10an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 19an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 116an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 15an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted