Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College
Secondary schoolBarking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College is a secondary school in Barking and Dagenham, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 2,418 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), January 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 31 January 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College was 48.7, against 48.3 in Barking and Dagenham and 46.2 in England.
52.3% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Barking and Dagenham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 48.7 | 48.3 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 52.3% | 49.2% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 68.9% | 67.1% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 354 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Manor Junior SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)10 m
- Manor Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, March 2024. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)10 m
- Eastbury Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, April 2024. 45% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)690 m
- Eastbury Community SchoolAll-through. School remains Good, March 2024. 84% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)780 m
- Ripple Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, April 2025. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Dorothy Barley Infants' SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, June 20251.1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Barking and Dagenham
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).