Greatfields School[1]
Secondary · ages 11–18
Headline results
- Attainment 8
- A8 46 45.8 2025/26[2]
- A-level average grade
- AL C- C- 2024/25[3]
Results
GCSE (key stage 4)
- Attainment 8
- 45.8 2025/26[2]
- Grade 5+ in English & maths
- 44.5% 2025/26[2]
- Grade 7+ in English & maths
- 14.5% 2025/26[2]
- Progress 8
- +0.30 2023/24[4]
- Progress 8, 2025/26
- Not calculated[5]
- Progress 8, 2024/25
- Not calculated[5]
| Year | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ in English & maths | Grade 7+ in English & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 45.6[6] | 41.9%[6] | ||
| 2023/24 | 44.3[4] | 42%[4] | +0.30[4] | |
| 2022/23 | 45.3[7] | 44%[7] | +0.40[7] | |
| 2021/22 | 47.1[8] | 52%[8] | +0.32[8] |
A level (16–18)
- A-level average grade
- C- 2024/25[3]
- AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
- 8.9% 2024/25[3]
| Year | A-level average grade | AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | C-[9] | 0%[9] |
Destinations after GCSEs
- Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
- 95% 2022/23[10]
- School sixth form
- 56% 2022/23[10]
- Sixth-form college
- 10% 2022/23[10]
- Further education college
- 28% 2022/23[10]
- Apprenticeship
- 0% 2022/23[10]
- Employment
- 1% 2022/23[10]
| Left in | Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment | School sixth form | Sixth-form college | Further education college | Apprenticeship | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 88%[11] | 55%[11] | 8%[11] | 21%[11] | 1%[11] | 3%[11] |
| 2020/21 | 91%[12] | 57%[12] | 7%[12] | 25%[12] | 0%[12] | 1%[12] |
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
- 15 Oct 2024[13]
- Type
- Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[13]
- Report published
- 5 Dec 2024[13]
- Safeguarding is effective?
- Yes[13]
- Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
- Standards maintained[13]
Competition to get in
Applications and offers, Year 7
- Applications per place
- 2.2 Entry Sept 2026[15]
- Applications (any preference)
- 359 Entry Sept 2026[15]
- First preferences
- 145 Entry Sept 2026[15]
- Places offered
- 166 Entry Sept 2026[15]
- First preferences per place
- 0.9 Entry Sept 2026[15]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place | First preferences per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 379[15] | 149[15] | 159[15] | 2.4[15] | 0.9[15] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 453[15] | 182[15] | 196[15] | 2.3[15] | 0.9[15] |
| Entry Sept 2023 | 406[15] | 177[15] | 203[15] | 2.0[15] | 0.9[15] |
| Entry Sept 2022 | 356[15] | 161[15] | 173[15] | 2.1[15] | 0.9[15] |
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Free schools[1]
- Ages
- 11–18[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Admissions
- Non-selective[1]
- Sixth form
- Yes[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 1824[1]
- Trust
- PARTNERSHIP LEARNING[1]
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham[1]
- Website
- http://greatfieldsschool.com/[1]
- District
- Barking and Dagenham[16]
- Postcode
- IG11 7QG[1]
- URN
- 142908[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 1224 2024/25[17]
- English as an additional language
- 75.3% 2024/25[17]
- SEN support
- 14% 2024/25[17]
- EHC plan
- 1.2% 2024/25[17]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 36.8% 2024/25[17]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 20.9%[18]
- Mixed
- 7.6%[18]
- Asian
- 36.1%[18]
- Black
- 30.1%[18]
- Any other ethnic group
- 4%[18]
- Unclassified
- 1.3%[18]
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
- Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25.
Archived copy; original.
Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.