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Dagenham Park CofE School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 40 40.5 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
40.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
34.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
5.9% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.25 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 42.1[6] 34%[6]
2023/24 42.1[4] 39.3%[4] -0.25[4]
2022/23 43.1[7] 44%[7] -0.36[7]
2021/22 45.6[8] 48%[8] -0.16[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
0% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C[10] 7.4%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 5.5%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 7.3%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 3.7%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
94% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
52% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
5% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
36% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
3% 2020/21[15]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 92%[16] 49%[16] 3%[16] 38%[16] 1%[16]
2020/21 94%[15] 53%[15] 6%[15] 31%[15] 3%[15]
2019/20 95%[17] 54%[17] 5%[17] 34%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 93%[18] 47%[18] 9%[18] 35%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
91% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
72% 2022/23[19]
Education
74% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[19]
Employment
14% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 89%[20] 70%[20] 74%[20] 2%[20] 14%[20]
2020/21 96%[21] 83%[21] 84%[21] 3%[21] 9%[21]
2019/20 90%[22] 84%[22] 85%[22] 3%[22] 2%[22]
2018/19 89%[23] 72%[23] 85%[23] 0%[23] 4%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
84% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
12% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
12% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 87%[26] 24%[26]
2019/20 92%[25] 14%[25] 12%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 88%[27] 15%[27] 13%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 85%[28] 19%[28] 15%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
23 Apr 2025[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
19 May 2025[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Standards maintained[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
21 Jan 2020[30] Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools[30] No overall grade[30]
Date not published[31] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[31] Good[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.2 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
373 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
147 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
170 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 357[32] 137[32] 149[32] 2.4[32] 0.9[32]
Entry Sept 2024 415[32] 165[32] 187[32] 2.2[32] 0.9[32]
Entry Sept 2023 414[32] 172[32] 200[32] 2.1[32] 0.9[32]
Entry Sept 2022 405[32] 146[32] 174[32] 2.3[32] 0.8[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Voluntary controlled school[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Church of England[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1470[1]
Local authority
Barking and Dagenham[1]
Website
http://www.dagenhampark.org.uk/[1]
District
Barking and Dagenham[33]
Postcode
RM10 9QH[1]
URN
136028[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1458 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
39.4% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
12.6% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
5.6% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
42.4% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
38.4%[35]
Mixed
10.1%[35]
Asian
20.7%[35]
Black
25.7%[35]
Any other ethnic group
1.8%[35]
Unclassified
3.3%[35]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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