George Carey Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Barking, Barking and Dagenham
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
Every applicant was offered a place
From London Borough of Barking and Dagenham · offers on 16 April 2025
Reception last distance offered, 2018–2025 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
George Carey Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Barking, Barking and Dagenham for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 23 February 2023. Barking and Dagenham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2025 entry.
George Carey Church of England 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2022 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2020 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2019 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2018 | 0.69 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.66 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2025 every Reception applicant was offered a place, though places ran out (a last distance was published) in 2 of the 8 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Every Reception applicant was also offered a place in 2025 at 15 of the 38 other Barking and Dagenham primary schools with a published Reception 2025 outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 63 first-choice applications for 64 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 70% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), while 2% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- The Rivergate Centre, Minter Road, Barking, IG11 0FJ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Barking and Dagenham
- Pupils on roll
- 619 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 23 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy to attend this caring and inclusive school.”
- “Leaders and staff have created a warm environment that supports pupils’ learning.”
- “The school’s values of unity, respect, love and peace permeate all aspects of school life.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, leaders are still fine-tuning when subject content should be taught and how this will help pupils to retain knowledge.”
- “This means that in some instances, some pupils are not able to remember what they have learned in the long term.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 April 2023 (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) | 70% | 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: 63 first-preference applications, 64 offers in total, 63 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.
- Riverside Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thames View Infants 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Thames View Junior School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Monteagle Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Eastbury Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Greatfields Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ripple Primary School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The James Cambell Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published