Pathways School
Special schoolPathways School is a special school in Barking and Dagenham, for pupils aged 6 to 19. It had 83 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), February 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 20 February 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
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 2024/25, 0% of pupils at Pathways School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 67% in Barking and Dagenham and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Pathways School was 3.7, against 48.3 in Barking and Dagenham and 46.2 in England.
0% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Barking and Dagenham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 67% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 94 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 89 | 106 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Barking and Dagenham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 3.7 | 48.3 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 49.2% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 67.1% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 13 | – | – |
- Pathways School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- 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- Marsh Green Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, September 2023. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)110 m
- St Peter's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), June 2023. 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)510 m
- Dagenham Park CofE SchoolSecondary. Standards maintained, April 2025. Attainment 8 of 40.5 (2025/26, provisional)570 m
- Thomas Arnold Primary School, Rowdowns RoadPrimary. School remains Good, March 2024. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)860 m
- Beam Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade. 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)910 m
- Village Infants' SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, March 2025940 m
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).