Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College
About the school
Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College is an open secondary school in Barking and Dagenham.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 31 January 2024
- Published
- 4 March 2024
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Outstanding
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Outstanding
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 49.7
- Barking and Dagenham
- 48.4
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Barking and Dagenham
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 50.70%
- Barking and Dagenham
- 47.50%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 70.00%
- Barking and Dagenham
- 68.00%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 38.20%
- Barking and Dagenham
- 40.50%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 4.31
- Barking and Dagenham
- 4.19
- England
- 4.09
A levels and sixth form
Average A-level grade
- School
- B
Average A-level points
- School
- 38.77
AAB or better
- School
- 21.60%
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
2336
Girls
48.33%
Boys
51.67%
SEN support
7.36%
Education, health and care plan
4.32%
English as an additional language
28.00%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
30.84%
Overall absence
6.85
Persistent absence
19.15
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
354
Sustained education or employment
94%
Education
93%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
Less than 0.5%
Not sustained
4%
After 16–18 study
Cohort
231
Sustained education or employment
84%
Higher education
56%
Further education
2%
Apprenticeship
11%
Employment
13%