Community school

Eastbrook School

Mixed · ages 4–19 · with sixth formBarking and Dagenham, London · Dagenham RM10 7URSchool website
Pupils on roll
1,320of 2,638 places
Free school meals
34.3%
Year 11 cohort 2025
147
Ofsted
Report card, 25 November 2025Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Expected standardAchievement Expected standardAttendance and behaviour Strong standardPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Strong standardLeadership and governance Strong standardPost-16 provision Expected standardSafeguarding Met
What the data says

Of the 192 pupils who finished Year 11 at Eastbrook School in 2023, 24% stayed on in Eastbrook School’s own sixth form (Barking and Dagenham average 49%), 61% went to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.

Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 20% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 37.2 against 46.1 across England and 48.4 in Barking and Dagenham, with 31% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

A level grades average D+, well below the England average of B-.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Barking and Dagenham and England.

Eastbrook School
Barking and Dagenham
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureEastbrook SchoolBarking and DagenhamEngland
Pupils in the cohort1923,042607,348
Any sustained destination90%93%92%
Stayed in education88%92%86%
— school sixth form24%49%34%
— sixth form college2%6%13%
— further education college61%35%37%
— other education1%1%2%
Apprenticeship2%1%3%
Employment1%1%3%
No sustained destination8%5%6%
Destination unknown2%2%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasureEastbrook SchoolBarking and DagenhamEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)37.248.446.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths31%48%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths48%68%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects23%41%41%
EBacc average point score3.144.194.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort41%32%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils34.241.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils39.351.650.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language38%38%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Mathematics13995%88%12%22%60%
English Language13894%89%11%20%58%
English Literature12887%86%12%21%65%
Combined Science11880%65%5%9%35%
Geography5739%41%9%25%37%
History5739%41%12%26%44%
Business Studies4430%18%0%20%34%
Photography3020%6%10%19%87%
Media Studies2416%4%25%20%79%
Computer Science2316%13%35%30%87%
French2316%18%26%29%78%
Physical Education2215%11%5%24%32%
Biology2114%23%67%45%90%
Economics2014%1%5%34%45%
Sociology1913%4%26%21%63%
Chemistry1913%23%74%47%100%
Physics1913%23%63%46%100%
Citizenship Studies1913%3%0%19%53%
Spanish1611%19%25%27%44%
Design and Technology1510%11%13%23%80%
Art and Design128%7%17%24%58%
Bengali32%0%35%
Modern Greek11%0%33%
Russian11%0%87%
Religious Studies11%31%32%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Childcare Skills21100%
Hospitality / Catering Studies1493%
Computer Appreciation / Introduction1280%
Music performance: Group640%
Speech and Drama533%
Computer Appreciation / Introduction17%
Health Studies17%

A levels and other level 3 courses

MeasureEastbrook SchoolBarking and DagenhamEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study111
— of whom A level students151,019261,341
Average A level gradeD+C+B-
Average points per A level entry23.1034.7835.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsC+B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects12%18%
Average grade, applied general courses
Average grade, T levels

A level subjects

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
English Literature853%11%
Art and Design1%
Biology20%
Chemistry17%
Economics13%
Mathematics31%

Applied, technical and other level 3 courses

SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Social ScienceVRQ Level 3747%
Business StudiesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*640%
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionOCR Cambridge Technical Introductory Diploma at Level 3
Health StudiesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*

Other secondary schools in Barking and Dagenham

Dagenham Park CofE School

Voluntary controlled school · sixth form · 1,414 pupils

93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.1

Goresbrook School

Free schools · sixth form · 1,089 pupils

89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.6

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.