Dorothy Barley Infants' School

What the figures show

• The last child offered a Reception place in 2025 lived 1.07 miles away, the 3rd longest of 6 Barking and Dagenham primary schools with a published last distance.
• The Reception last distance in 2025 was about the same as in 2024.
• Reception 2026 had 43 first-choice applications for 45 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
• 16.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 23.8% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Barking and Dagenham.

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Barking and Dagenham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address

Davington Road, Dagenham, RM8 2LL

Type

Community school

Phase

Primary

Ages

3–7

Council

Barking and Dagenham

Pupils on roll

223 January 2026 school census

Free school meals

16.1% of pupils eligible

Pupils per teacher

18.1

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Standards maintained Inspected 25 June 2025

Strengths

• “This school sits at the heart of the local community.”
• “Staff know the pupils and their families well.”
• “They greet pupils, parents and carers warmly each morning.”

To improve

• “However, sometimes, in some subjects, pupils’ long-term recall and understanding of subject content are not fully secure.”
• “This is because, sometimes, teaching does not revisit learning from previous years sufficiently well to ensure that pupils have mastered ideas fully.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 September 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

• 2026 Reception entry: 43 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 43 offers to first-preference applicants.

Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.

Nearby primary schools

Straight-line distance, in Barking and Dagenham.

• Dorothy Barley Junior Academy 0.0 mi Good
• Roding Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
• The St Teresa Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
• Manor Junior School 0.7 mi Not judged
• Manor Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
• Becontree Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
• Monteagle Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
• Southwood Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published

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