Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Feb 1 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Barking and Dagenham
Unique reference
101241
Address
Sandringham Road, IG11 9AG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
2323 (87% of total capacity)
Boys
52.2%
Girls
47.8%
First language not English
27.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
23.4%
Persistent absence
17.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
6.8%
Pupil ethnicities
Bangladeshi 25.2%
Pakistani 16.6%
African 15.2%
White British 9.4%
Other White 9.4%
Mixed 7.9%
Indian 5.2%
Other Asian 3.5%
Caribbean 2.3%
Other Black 1.5%
Other 1.5%
Unclassified 1.5%
Chinese 0.4%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.11
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.24
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 33%
Local authority average 45%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 50%
Local authority average 49%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.6
Local authority average 48
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.23
Local authority average 4.19
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award31
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE34
Art & DesignGCSE45
BiologyGCSE111
Business Studies:SingleGCSE138
ChemistryGCSE111
ChineseGCSE1
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE293
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE78
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
357
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
342
2nd preference
276
3rd preference
199
From another Local Authority
92
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
306
2nd preference
32
3rd preference
14
To another Local Authority
40
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes27.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
368
184
184
Year 8
375
203
172
Year 9
361
191
170
Year 10
360
189
171
Year 11
355
190
165
Year 12
248
118
130
Year 13
256
138
118
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
96.0%
92.9%
86.5%
Further education
18.0%
32.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
71.0%
54.0%
37.9%
Sixth form college
6.0%
5.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
1.2%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
SP
0.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
3.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
1.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
74.0%
74.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
23.0%
17.9%
19.7%
Russell Group
22.0%
16.8%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
SP
0.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.4%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
1.3%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020