Ripple Primary School

Community school·Primary school Barking and Dagenham·IG11 7QS
Composite score
53.3
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#6,094
National rank
#1150
In London
#24
In Barking and Dagenham
Top 41%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
73%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
28 first choices, 28 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
141
any preference, for 28 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.07
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Ripple Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
916
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
26.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
84.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
17.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,505
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Ripple Primary School

Ripple Primary School is a primary school in Barking and Dagenham, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 916 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 73% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 18.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 41% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Ripple Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 28 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.6%. There are about 15.9 pupils per teacher. Ripple Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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