Eastbrook School
Dagenham Road, Dagenham, RM10 7UR
- Phase
- All-through
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Tony Roe
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Dagenham and Rainham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 2,638
- Pupils on roll
- 1,320
- URN
- 101243
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02037803609
About this school
Eastbrook School is a community all-through school in Dagenham. It teaches children aged 4 to 19 and has 1,320 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Eastbrook School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 29 | 31 | 31 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 59% | 71% | 65% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 14% | 10% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 86% | 71% | 84% |
| Expected standard in maths | 62% | 77% | 68% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 72% | 74% | 65% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 106.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 106.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +4.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.40 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 192 | 230 | 147 |
| Attainment 8 score | 36.3 | 35.2 | 37.2 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.46 -0.70 to -0.23 | -0.62 -0.83 to -0.42 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 32% | 23% | 30.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 47% | 45.2% | 47.6% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 34% | 26.5% | 23.1% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Eastbrook School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Barking and Dagenham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 59% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 71% | 62.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 65% | 64.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | Barking and Dagenham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 36.3 | 44.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 35.2 | 41.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 37.2 | 43.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,158 |
| 2023/24 | 1,182 |
| 2024/25 | 1,198 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Eastbrook School compares
Eastbrook School ranked 13th of 13 secondary schools in Barking and Dagenham for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 31% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 37.2 | 9.2% | 39.8% | 1,320 | — |
| Robert Clack School | 50.5 | 7.6% | 32.1% | 3,231 | 0.9 miles |
| The Sydney Russell School | 51.2 | 5.4% | 29.3% | 2,568 | 1.4 miles |
| Goresbrook School | 55.6 | 4.8% | 33% | 1,089 | 1.9 miles |
| Atam Academy | 57.2 | 6.7% | 11.9% | 1,083 | 2.8 miles |
| Ark Isaac Newton Academy | 56.7 | 4.4% | 31.9% | 1,777 | 3.2 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report25 November 2025
- 7 December 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 39.83%
- English as an additional language
- 43.7%
- Overall absence
- 9.18%
- Persistent absence
- 31.63%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Robert Clack School0.9 miles
All-through · Dagenham
-
The Sydney Russell School1.4 miles
All-through · Dagenham
-
Goresbrook School1.9 miles
All-through · Dagenham
-
Atam Academy2.8 miles
All-through · Romford
-
Ark Isaac Newton Academy3.2 miles
All-through · Ilford
Other schools in Dagenham
Eastbrook School ranks 19th of the 29 ranked primary schools in Dagenham, and Eastbrook School ranks 9th of the 9 ranked secondary schools in Dagenham.
- Goresbrook School All-through
- Robert Clack School All-through
- The Sydney Russell School All-through
- Beam Primary School Primary
- Becontree Primary School Primary
- Dorothy Barley Infants' School Primary
- Dorothy Barley Junior Academy Primary
- Five Elms Primary School Primary
- Godwin Primary School Primary
- Grafton Primary School Primary
- Henry Green Primary School Primary
- Hunters Hall Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Eastbrook School teach?
- Eastbrook School teaches children aged 4 to 19. It is an all-through school in Dagenham.
- Who is the headteacher of Eastbrook School?
- The headteacher of Eastbrook School is Mr Tony Roe, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Eastbrook School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Eastbrook School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Eastbrook School?
- Eastbrook School has 1,320 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 19.
- Is Eastbrook School full?
- Eastbrook School has capacity for 2,638 pupils and 1,320 on roll (50%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Eastbrook School a faith school?
- No. Eastbrook School has no designated religious character.
- Is Eastbrook School a selective school?
- No. Eastbrook School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Does Eastbrook School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Eastbrook School as having no nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Eastbrook School have?
- The schools register lists Eastbrook School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Eastbrook School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 59% in 2022/23 and 65% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Eastbrook School compare with other schools in Barking and Dagenham?
- Eastbrook School ranked 13th of 13 secondary schools in Barking and Dagenham for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 31% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Eastbrook School's absence rate?
- Eastbrook School's overall absence rate is 9.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Eastbrook School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Eastbrook School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.