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Greatfields Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 50 pupils Barking

Greatfields Primary School is a free schools in Barking And Dagenham for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has 50 pupils on roll. About 97% of its places were empty in 2024/25, far more than at most primary schools, so a place should be easier to come by.

Type Primary / Free schools
Age Range 4-11
Religion Unknown
Address St Marys
Barking
Essex
IG11 7BL
Phone 02039092345
Reference Number 143720

General Makeup

Number of pupils 50
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 52%
Girls: 48%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 22%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 34%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 25
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 25

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 7 14 21
2 Unknown Unknown Unknown
3 Unknown Unknown Unknown
4 Unknown Unknown Unknown
5 Unknown Unknown Unknown
6 Unknown Unknown Unknown

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 10%
White & Black (Caribbean) 10%
Pakistani 10%
Asian, Other 10%
African 8%
White, Other 6%
White & Asian 6%
Mixed, Other 6%
Indian 2%
White & Black (African) 2%
Caribbean 2%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 40 0
Third Preference 29 0
From another Local Authority 1 1

Previous years

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Greatfields Primary School had 21 pupils for 630 places. 609 places (96.7%) were unfilled.

Reception intake in the “West Primary” planning area

Barking and Dagenham counted 893 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 1,064 in 2029–30, up 19%.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Greatfields Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.0
Permanent exclusions 0

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Greatfields Primary School had 15.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20252026
Pupils per adult 6.39.7
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave ––
Sick days per teacher ––

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 20.0% of pupils at Greatfields Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 7 0
No specialist assessment of need 2 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 1 0

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Greatfields Primary School received £25,917 and spent £20,694 for each of its 20 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £28,000 (£1,382 per pupil).

Across all 18 schools of Partnership Learning, income was £9,377 and spending £9,407 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2025
Revenue reserve £28,000
per pupil £1,382
In-year balance £104,000
per pupil £5,223

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

Name Distance
Gascoigne Primary School
Gascoigne Road, Barking, Essex, IG11 7DR
0.14 miles
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
The Broadway, Barking, Essex, IG11 7AR
0.36 miles
Ripple Primary School
Suffolk Road, Barking, Essex, IG11 7QS
0.42 miles
St Margarets CofE Primary School
15-19 North Street, Barking, Essex, IG11 8AS
0.5 miles
Northbury Primary School
Northbury Close, Barking, Essex, IG11 8JA
0.77 miles
Eastbury Primary School
Dawson Avenue, Barking, Essex, IG11 9QQ
0.81 miles
Thames View Junior School
Samuel Ferguson Place, Bastable Avenue, Barking, IG11 0TR
0.86 miles
Oliver Thomas Nursery School
Mathews Avenue, London, E6 6BU
0.88 miles
Nelson Primary School
Napier Road, East Ham, London, E6 2SE
0.96 miles
Thames View Infants
Bastable Avenue, Barking, Essex, IG11 0LG
0.97 miles
Vicarage Primary School
Vicarage Lane, East Ham, London, E6 6AD
1.05 miles
Manor Junior School
Sandringham Road, Barking, Essex, IG11 9AG
1.07 miles
Manor Primary School
40 Scholars Way, Dagenham, RM8 2FL
1.07 miles
Altmore Infant School
Altmore Avenue, East Ham, London, E6 2BX
1.15 miles
St Michael's Catholic Primary School
Howard Road, East Ham, London, E6 6EE
1.16 miles
Woodlands Primary School
Loxford Lane, Ilford, Essex, IG1 2PY
1.21 miles
Uphall Primary School
Uphall Road, Ilford, Essex, IG1 2JD
1.24 miles
George Carey Church of England Primary School
The Rivergate Centre, Minter Road, Barking, IG11 0FJ
1.31 miles
Lathom Junior School
Lathom Road, East Ham, London, E6 2DU
1.38 miles
Kensington Primary School
Kensington Avenue, Manor Park, London, E12 6NN
1.39 miles
Name Distance
Greatfields School
Net Street, Barking, IG11 7QG
0.08 miles
Northstar New School
c/o Gascoigne Primary Annex, The Shaftesburys, Barking, IG11 7JA
0.25 miles
Langdon Academy
Sussex Road, East Ham, London, E6 2PS
0.64 miles
Eastbury Community School
Hulse Avenue, Barking, Essex, IG11 9UW
0.8 miles
Horizon Academy
Flanders Road, London, E6 6FE
0.82 miles
Al Madina School for Girls
Victoria Road, 2 (Annex Building), Barking, Essex, IG11 8PY
0.91 miles
Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College
Sandringham Road, Barking, Essex, IG11 9AG
1.07 miles
Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Centre, City of London Academy
326 Barking Road, East Ham, London, E6 2BB
1.2 miles
Loxford School
Loxford Lane, Ilford, Essex, IG1 2UT
1.24 miles
Newham College of Further Education
East Ham Campus, High Street South, East Ham, London, E6 6ER
1.25 miles
Little Ilford School
Rectory Road, Manor Park, London, E12 6JB
1.57 miles
Plashet, City of London Academy
Plashet Grove, East Ham, London, E6 1DG
1.57 miles
Riverside School
Renwick Road, Barking, Essex, IG11 0FU
1.62 miles
Riverside Bridge School
Renwick Road, Barking, Essex, IG11 0FU
1.63 miles
Kingsford Community School
Kingsford Way, Beckton, London, E6 5JG
1.74 miles
London Design and Engineering UTC
15 University Way, Royal Docks, London, E16 2RD
1.82 miles
Jo Richardson Community School
Castle Green, Gale Street, Dagenham, Essex, RM9 4UN
1.83 miles
Oak House School
61 South Park Drive, ILFORD, Essex, IG3 9AB
1.86 miles
Brampton Manor Academy
Roman Road, London, E6 3SQ
1.91 miles
Northstar Nurture School
Old CPC at James Cambell Primary School, Langley Crescent, Dagenham, RM9 6TD
1.97 miles

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Greatfields Primary School is part of Partnership Learning, which runs 20 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does Greatfields Primary School have?

Greatfields Primary School has 50 pupils on roll.

What age range does Greatfields Primary School cover?

Greatfields Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

Where is Greatfields Primary School?

Greatfields Primary School is at St Marys, Barking, Essex, IG11 7BL.

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