Greatfields Primary School
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 |
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Reception admissions, 2026 entry
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| Number of Applications | Number of Offers | |
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| Second Preference | 40 | 0 |
| Third Preference | 29 | 0 |
| From another Local Authority | 1 | 1 |
Previous years
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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
| 2025 | 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils per adult | 6.3 | 9.7 |
| 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 |
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Gascoigne Primary School
Gascoigne Road, Barking, Essex, IG11 7DR |
0.14 miles |
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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
The Broadway, Barking, Essex, IG11 7AR |
0.36 miles |
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Ripple Primary School
Suffolk Road, Barking, Essex, IG11 7QS |
0.42 miles |
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St Margarets CofE Primary School
15-19 North Street, Barking, Essex, IG11 8AS |
0.5 miles |
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Northbury Primary School
Northbury Close, Barking, Essex, IG11 8JA |
0.77 miles |
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Eastbury Primary School
Dawson Avenue, Barking, Essex, IG11 9QQ |
0.81 miles |
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Thames View Junior School
Samuel Ferguson Place, Bastable Avenue, Barking, IG11 0TR |
0.86 miles |
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Oliver Thomas Nursery School
Mathews Avenue, London, E6 6BU |
0.88 miles |
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Nelson Primary School
Napier Road, East Ham, London, E6 2SE |
0.96 miles |
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Thames View Infants
Bastable Avenue, Barking, Essex, IG11 0LG |
0.97 miles |
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Vicarage Primary School
Vicarage Lane, East Ham, London, E6 6AD |
1.05 miles |
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Manor Junior School
Sandringham Road, Barking, Essex, IG11 9AG |
1.07 miles |
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Manor Primary School
40 Scholars Way, Dagenham, RM8 2FL |
1.07 miles |
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Altmore Infant School
Altmore Avenue, East Ham, London, E6 2BX |
1.15 miles |
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St Michael's Catholic Primary School
Howard Road, East Ham, London, E6 6EE |
1.16 miles |
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Woodlands Primary School
Loxford Lane, Ilford, Essex, IG1 2PY |
1.21 miles |
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Uphall Primary School
Uphall Road, Ilford, Essex, IG1 2JD |
1.24 miles |
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George Carey Church of England Primary School
The Rivergate Centre, Minter Road, Barking, IG11 0FJ |
1.31 miles |
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Lathom Junior School
Lathom Road, East Ham, London, E6 2DU |
1.38 miles |
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Kensington Primary School
Kensington Avenue, Manor Park, London, E12 6NN |
1.39 miles |
| Name | Distance |
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Greatfields School
Net Street, Barking, IG11 7QG |
0.08 miles |
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Northstar New School
c/o Gascoigne Primary Annex, The Shaftesburys, Barking, IG11 7JA |
0.25 miles |
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Langdon Academy
Sussex Road, East Ham, London, E6 2PS |
0.64 miles |
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Eastbury Community School
Hulse Avenue, Barking, Essex, IG11 9UW |
0.8 miles |
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Horizon Academy
Flanders Road, London, E6 6FE |
0.82 miles |
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Al Madina School for Girls
Victoria Road, 2 (Annex Building), Barking, Essex, IG11 8PY |
0.91 miles |
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Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College
Sandringham Road, Barking, Essex, IG11 9AG |
1.07 miles |
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Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Centre, City of London Academy
326 Barking Road, East Ham, London, E6 2BB |
1.2 miles |
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Loxford School
Loxford Lane, Ilford, Essex, IG1 2UT |
1.24 miles |
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Newham College of Further Education
East Ham Campus, High Street South, East Ham, London, E6 6ER |
1.25 miles |
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Little Ilford School
Rectory Road, Manor Park, London, E12 6JB |
1.57 miles |
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Plashet, City of London Academy
Plashet Grove, East Ham, London, E6 1DG |
1.57 miles |
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Riverside School
Renwick Road, Barking, Essex, IG11 0FU |
1.62 miles |
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Riverside Bridge School
Renwick Road, Barking, Essex, IG11 0FU |
1.63 miles |
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Kingsford Community School
Kingsford Way, Beckton, London, E6 5JG |
1.74 miles |
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London Design and Engineering UTC
15 University Way, Royal Docks, London, E16 2RD |
1.82 miles |
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Jo Richardson Community School
Castle Green, Gale Street, Dagenham, Essex, RM9 4UN |
1.83 miles |
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Oak House School
61 South Park Drive, ILFORD, Essex, IG3 9AB |
1.86 miles |
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Brampton Manor Academy
Roman Road, London, E6 3SQ |
1.91 miles |
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Northstar Nurture School
Old CPC at James Cambell Primary School, Langley Crescent, Dagenham, RM9 6TD |
1.97 miles |
All schools in Barking And Dagenham · Barking and Dagenham local authority: places and applications
Greatfields Primary School is part of Partnership Learning, which runs 20 schools. The nearest others:
- Greatfields School Barking
- Eastbury Primary School Barking
- Thames View Junior School Barking
- Riverside Primary School Barking
- Riverside School Barking
- Riverside Bridge School Barking
- The James Cambell Primary School Dagenham
- The Sydney Russell School Dagenham
- Oxlow Bridge School Dagenham
- Park Primary Academy Rainham
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.