Dagenham Park CofE School

Voluntary controlled school·Secondary school Barking and Dagenham·RM10 9QH
Composite score
52.6
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#2,204
National rank
#408
In London
#8
In Barking and Dagenham
Top 70%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
42.1
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
34%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
60%
% EBacc grade 5+
13%
EBacc average points score
3.63

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
147 first choices, 170 places
First choices per place
0.86
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
373
any preference, for 170 places
Applications from another council area
6%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Dagenham Park CofE 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
11–19
Pupils on roll
1,458
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
42.4%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
39.4%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.6%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
5.6%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.7%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
26.6%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.0
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£9,495
Typical secondary: £7,815

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

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
94%
259 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
93%
Apprenticeship
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Dagenham Park CofE School

Dagenham Park CofE School is a secondary school in Barking and Dagenham, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. Around 1,458 pupils aged 11 to 19 attend the school. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 42.1, below the national average of 46. Results have held broadly steady on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

34% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 60% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Dagenham Park CofE School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 147 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 94% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.7%. There are about 14.0 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 42% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Dagenham Park CofE 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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