Primary school in Barking, Barking and Dagenham
Thames View Infants
Bastable Avenue, Barking, Essex, IG11 0LG
Ofsted
Graded Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 25 June 2024.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 403
- Places
- 360
- How full
- Full — 403 pupils against 360 places
- Girls / boys
- 190 / 213
- Overall absence
- 4%
- Persistently absent
- 8%
primary schools average 5.2%
primary schools average 12.8% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions
- Free school meals, last 6 years
- 23%
- English as an additional language
- 83%
- With an EHC plan
- 3%
- On SEN support
- 20%
England 25.7%
England 18.7%
England 3.5%
England 15%
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Barking and Dagenham 022B, 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
- 31%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 26%
- Households owning their home
- 29%
- Households in social housing
- 52%
- Households with no car
- 46%
- Adults economically inactive
- 43%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Yes
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- TVI LEARNING
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Paul Jordan
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Ward
- Thames View
- Constituency
- Barking
- URN
- 138684
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Carey Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Good 2023 | 70% | 0.5 mi |
| Riverside Primary SchoolFree schools | Good 2023 | 87% | 0.7 mi |
| Castilion Primary SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 53% | 1.4 mi |
| Linton Mead Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2022 | 63% | 1.4 mi |
| Bishop John Robinson Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Good 2024 | 67% | 1.4 mi |
| Hawksmoor SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Good 2023 | 74% | 1.6 mi |
| Jubilee Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2022 | 57% | 1.7 mi |
| Windrush Thamesmead Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Outstanding 2024 | 57% | 1.8 mi |
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.
- 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.
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