Thames View Infants
Bastable Avenue, Barking, IG11 0LG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- TVI LEARNING
- Headteacher
- Paul Jordan
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- TVI Learning
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Barking
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 360
- Pupils on roll
- 403
- URN
- 138684
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02082704317
About this school
Thames View Infants is a primary academy in Barking. It teaches children aged 3 to 7 and has 403 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Thames View Infants has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 419 |
| 2023/24 | 399 |
| 2024/25 | 390 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Thames View Infants compares
Its absence rate was lower than 93% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 3.6% | 22.7% | 403 | — |
| Thames View Junior School | 67% | 3.6% | 35.9% | 390 | 0.1 miles |
| George Carey Church of England Primary School | 70% | 5.2% | 23.5% | 619 | 0.5 miles |
| Eastbury Primary School | 45% | 6.3% | 23.7% | 777 | 0.6 miles |
| Riverside Primary School | 87% | 3.9% | 22.1% | 433 | 0.7 miles |
| Monteagle Primary School | 76% | 4.8% | 26.3% | 630 | 0.7 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 22.65%
- English as an additional language
- 83.3%
- Overall absence
- 3.57%
- Persistent absence
- 7.95%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Thames View Junior School0.1 miles
Primary · Barking
-
George Carey Church of England Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Barking
-
Eastbury Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Barking
-
Riverside Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Barking
-
Monteagle Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Dagenham
Other schools in Barking
- Eastbury Primary School Primary
- Gascoigne Primary School Primary
- George Carey Church of England Primary School Primary
- Greatfields Primary School Primary
- Manor Junior School Primary
- Northbury Primary School Primary
- Ripple Primary School Primary
- Riverside Primary School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Margarets CofE Primary School Primary
- Thames View Junior School Primary
- Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Thames View Infants teach?
- Thames View Infants teaches children aged 3 to 7. It is a primary school in Barking.
- Who is the headteacher of Thames View Infants?
- The headteacher of Thames View Infants is Paul Jordan, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Thames View Infants last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Thames View Infants, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Thames View Infants?
- Thames View Infants has 403 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 7.
- Is Thames View Infants full?
- Thames View Infants has capacity for 360 pupils and 403 on roll (112%), so it is at or above 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 Thames View Infants a faith school?
- No. Thames View Infants has no designated religious character.
- Does Thames View Infants have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Thames View Infants as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Thames View Infants?
- Thames View Infants is part of TVI LEARNING. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Thames View Infants have?
- The schools register lists Thames View Infants's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Thames View Infants's absence rate?
- Thames View Infants's overall absence rate is 3.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Thames View Infants publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Thames View Infants. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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 1 July 2026.