SF School Facts UK

Secondary school in Barking, Barking and Dagenham

Greatfields School

Net Street, Barking, IG11 7QG

Sixth form
School website 02039465900

Ofsted

Standards maintained at the last ungraded inspection, on 16 October 2024.

Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

45.6 England 47

The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.

Grade 5+ in English & maths

42% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

66% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

4.1 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

48% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is around the middle of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is second most disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the better-performing half.

Progress 8 2023/24

0.30confidence interval 0.08 to 0.51

Taking that range into account, pupils made more progress than similar pupils nationally. DfE bands this as above average.

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry
C-
Average points per entry
28.3

England average 32.3

A level students
56

Pupils

Pupils on roll
1248
Places
1824
How full
68% full — 1248 of 1824 places taken, so places are likely to be available
Girls / boys
612 / 636
Overall absence
9%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
33%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
37%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
75%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
1%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
14%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
95%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
95%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
0%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
56%
No sustained destination
3%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
149

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Barking and Dagenham 021D, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
54%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
12%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
8%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
45%

England 17%

Households with no car
52%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
21%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Free schools
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Religious character
None
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Trust
PARTNERSHIP LEARNING
Headteacher
Executive Principal: Matthew Gillham
Local authority
Barking and Dagenham
Ward
Gascoigne
Constituency
Barking
URN
142908

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
Langdon AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 53.5 0.7 mi
Eastbury Community SchoolCommunity school Good 2024 44.8 0.7 mi
Al Madina School for GirlsOther independent school No grade 0.9 mi
Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities CollegeCommunity school Outstanding 2024 49.7 1 mi
Loxford SchoolAcademy converter Outstanding 2023 54.4 1.2 mi
Little Ilford SchoolCommunity school Good 2022 47.6 1.5 mi
Plashet, City of London AcademyAcademy converter Good 2022 1.6 mi
Riverside SchoolFree schools Outstanding 2022 55.5 1.6 mi

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Nicholas Chamberlaine SchoolAcademy sponsor led Good 2024 36.9
Forest Hall SchoolAcademy sponsor led No grade 40.6
Madeley AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2022 47.2
St Aidan's Church of England AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 40
Bedford AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2023 42.8
Willenhall E-ACT AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 34.7
Outwood Academy ShaftonAcademy sponsor led No grade 42
The Cornerstone AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2022 41

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

All published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. If something here looks wrong, the school's own website is the authority on admissions and open days.