The Warren School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
May 15 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
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
141178
Address
Whalebone Lane North, Chadwell Heath, RM6 6SB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1374 (91% of total capacity)
Boys
49.5%
Girls
50.5%
First language not English
41.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
28.4%
Persistent absence
19.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.5%
Pupil ethnicities
Pakistani 16.5%
White British 16%
African 15.9%
Bangladeshi 14.5%
Other White 11.4%
Indian 7.4%
Mixed 5.9%
Other Asian 4.6%
Caribbean 2.8%
Other 2%
Other Black 1%
Unclassified 0.7%
Chinese 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 67%
Local authority average 41%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 47.5
Local authority average 48.3
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.27
Local authority average 4.18
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE18
BiologyGCSE56
Business Studies:SingleGCSE72
ChemistryGCSE62
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE25
Design & TechnologyGCSE20
English LanguageGCSE201
English LiteratureGCSE201
FrenchGCSE64
GeographyGCSE110
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

The Warren School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
239
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
203
2nd preference
94
3rd preference
88
From another Local Authority
132
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
199
2nd preference
21
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
45
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 classes23.3
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
234
107
127
Year 8
224
122
102
Year 9
209
95
114
Year 10
214
112
102
Year 11
212
109
103
Year 12
148
70
78
Year 13
133
65
68
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
91.6%
85.5%
Further education
31.0%
35.3%
36.9%
School sixth form
59.0%
50.1%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
5.8%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
0.8%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.9%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
4.6%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
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
82.0%
72.4%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
31.0%
17.6%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
0.8%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.8%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022