Best Secondary Schools in Barking and Dagenham

We checked all 14 secondary schools in Barking and Dagenham and list every one: 13 ranked, then 1 without a rank.

Schools checked: 14
Ranked: 13
Without a rank: 1

Ranks combine 2024/25 GCSE results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Barking and Dagenham. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Barking and Dagenham also has 44 primary schools, ranked on SATs results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Barking and Dagenham. Secondary schools are also ranked across all of London.

Ranked secondary schools in Barking and Dagenham

Rank 1
Goresbrook School
Free school, 1,089 pupils, inspected October 2024
Ofsted judgements: Outstanding
Attainment 8
55.6
Grade 5+ English and maths
64%
Rank 2
All Saints Catholic School and Technology College
Local authority maintained, 1,345 pupils, inspected May 2024
Ofsted: Outstanding
Attainment 8
56.1
Grade 5+ English and maths
60.3%
Rank 3
Riverside School
Free school, 1,550 pupils, inspected October 2022
Ofsted: Outstanding
Attainment 8
55.5
Grade 5+ English and maths
59.9%
Rank 4
Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College
Local authority maintained, 2,418 pupils, inspected January 2024
Ofsted: Outstanding
Attainment 8
49.7
Grade 5+ English and maths
50.7%
Rank 5
Jo Richardson Community School
Local authority maintained, 1,696 pupils, inspected May 2024
Ofsted: Outstanding
Attainment 8
50.2
Grade 5+ English and maths
48.5%
Rank 6
The Sydney Russell School
Academy, 2,568 pupils, inspected May 2026
Report card: Expected standard to exceptional
Attainment 8
51.2
Grade 5+ English and maths
52.5%
Rank 7
The Warren School
Academy, 1,392 pupils, inspected May 2024
Ofsted: Outstanding
Attainment 8
47.6
Grade 5+ English and maths
44.9%
Rank 8
Robert Clack School
Local authority maintained, 3,231 pupils, inspected November 2023
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
50.5
Grade 5+ English and maths
50.2%
Rank 9
Greatfields School
Free school, 1,248 pupils, inspected June 2019
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
45.6
Grade 5+ English and maths
41.9%
Rank 10
Eastbury Community School
Local authority maintained, 2,039 pupils, inspected July 2018
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
44.8
Grade 5+ English and maths
38.3%
Rank 11
Dagenham Park CofE School
Local authority maintained, 1,414 pupils, inspected May 2016
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
42.1
Grade 5+ English and maths
34%
Rank 12
Brook Sixth Form and Academy
Free school, 273 pupils, inspected November 2024
Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
Attainment 8
38.7
Grade 5+ English and maths
26.9%
Rank 13
Eastbrook School
Local authority maintained, 1,320 pupils, inspected November 2025
Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
Attainment 8
37.2
Grade 5+ English and maths
30.6%

Secondary schools in Barking and Dagenham without a rank

Al Madina School for Girls
Independent, Selective, 87 pupils, inspected March 2026
Report card: Expected standard
Attainment 8
50.5
Grade 5+ English and maths
61.1%