Secondary schools in Barking
4 secondary schools in Barking, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings. All-through schools, which take pupils from 4 to 18, are listed on both the primary and the secondary page for their town.
Barking in figures
For Year 7 places in September 2026, families named the 4 schools in Barking first 891 times for 989 places: 0.90 first choices per place, against 0.93 across the Barking and Dagenham authority's 12 schools. One of the 4 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College, to 1.19 miles.
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College
- Riverside School
- Eastbury Community School
- Greatfields School
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Browse by authority: Barking and Dagenham · compare schools side by side · the map. School data: DfE & Ofsted, Open Government Licence v3.0.