St Margarets CofE Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Barking and Dagenham·IG11 8AS
Composite score
73.0
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#1,379
National rank
#382
In London
#3
In Barking and Dagenham
Top 9%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
89%
% achieving higher RWM
13%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
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%
56 first choices, 59 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
145
any preference, for 59 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.20
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9820221.0020231.2020241.1520250.952026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Margarets CofE 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
387
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
48.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
22.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,096
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St Margarets CofE Primary School

St Margarets CofE Primary School is a primary school in Barking and Dagenham, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 387 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 89% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 1.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 9% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 13% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Margarets CofE Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 59 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.7%. There are about 23.6 pupils per teacher. St Margarets CofE 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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