Secondary
Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College
Sandringham Road, Barking, IG11 9AG
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 2418 of 2420 places
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2024
Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Sixth formOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
December 2022
Ungraded inspection
Good
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GCSE results
51%
49.7
2nd of 3 by our score, among the secondary schools in Barking we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 49.7 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.31 |
| Entered the EBacc | 38% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 70% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 51% |
| A level average points per entry | 38.77 |
| A level students | 184 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 51% |
| 22/23 | 50% |
| 23/24 | 47% |
| 24/25 | 51% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 33.6 |
| 22/23 | 32.7 |
| 23/24 | 34.0 |
| 24/25 | 38.8 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.23 |
| 22/23 | +0.11 |
| 23/24 | +0.02 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 52.3 |
| 22/23 | 49.6 |
| 23/24 | 48.6 |
| 24/25 | 49.7 |
Sandringham Road, Barking, IG11 9AG
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Barking and Dagenham admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Acting Headteacher
- Tony Roe
- Address
- Sandringham Road, Barking, IG11 9AG
- Telephone
- 02039677030