Dagenham Park CofE School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 23 2025 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Barking and Dagenham
Unique reference
136028
Address
School Road, RM10 9QH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1458 (91% of total capacity)
Boys
54.3%
Girls
45.7%
First language not English
39.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
38.1%
Persistent absence
20.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.6%
Pupil ethnicities
African 22.3%
White British 21.8%
Other White 16.8%
Bangladeshi 10.2%
Mixed 9.2%
Pakistani 4.9%
Unclassified 2.9%
Other Asian 2.8%
Indian 2.1%
Caribbean 1.7%
Other 1.7%
Gypsy/Roma 1.5%
Other Black 1.4%
Chinese 0.4%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 24%
Local authority average 41%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 34%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42
Local authority average 48.3
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.62
Local authority average 4.18
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE88
BengaliGCSE3
BiologyGCSE47
Business Studies:SingleGCSE58
ChemistryGCSE46
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE30
English LanguageGCSE202
English LiteratureGCSE200
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE11
FrenchGCSE18
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Dagenham Park CofE School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
149
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
137
2nd preference
57
3rd preference
62
From another Local Authority
19
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
137
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes19.9
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
258
135
123
Year 8
261
131
130
Year 9
240
144
96
Year 10
250
134
116
Year 11
221
125
96
Year 12
135
78
57
Year 13
93
45
48
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
91.6%
85.5%
Further education
36.0%
35.3%
36.9%
School sixth form
52.0%
50.1%
35.2%
Sixth form college
5.0%
5.8%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
SP
0.8%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.9%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.6%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
2.1%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
84.0%
72.4%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
12.0%
17.6%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
0.8%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.8%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022