Ripple Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Barking, Barking and Dagenham
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
Not published
From London Borough of Barking and Dagenham · offers on 16 April 2025
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →Ripple Primary School is a primary school in Barking, Barking and Dagenham for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 30 April 2025. Barking and Dagenham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2025 entry.
Ripple Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2025 | Not published |
| Reception 2024 | Not published |
| Reception 2023 | Not published |
| Reception 2022 | Not published |
| Reception 2021 | Not published |
| Reception 2020 | Not published |
| Reception 2019 | Not published |
| Reception 2018 | Not published |
| Reception 2017 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Ofsted's latest inspection on 30 April 2025 found standards maintained; the previous graded outcome was Good (18 May 2016).
- For Reception 2026, 28 first-choice applications for 28 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- With 856 pupils on roll, there are 16.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.8 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
- Suffolk Road, Barking, IG11 7QS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Barking and Dagenham
- Pupils on roll
- 856 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 30 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are safe and happy in this nurturing community.”
- “They appreciate the caring support they receive from all staff.”
- “One pupil summed this up saying, ‘Teachers encourage you and make you more confident.”
To improve
- “On occasion, teachers do not make sure that pupils are secure in their understanding before moving on to new learning.”
- “This leads to some gaps in pupils’ knowledge and understanding.”
- “However, at times, the delivery of phonics is less consistent.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 June 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 73% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 28 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 28 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.
- Greatfields Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Eastbury Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Gascoigne Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Manor Junior School 0.7 mi Not judged
- Manor Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Margarets CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Northbury Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published