Thames View Junior School
Samuel Ferguson Place, Bastable Avenue, Barking, IG11 0TR
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- PARTNERSHIP LEARNING
- Acting Headteacher
- Mr James Smith
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Partnership Learning
- Constituency
- Barking
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 480
- Pupils on roll
- 390
- URN
- 141651
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02045119240
About this school
Thames View Junior School is a primary academy in Barking. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 390 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Thames View Junior School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong 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 | 85 | 84 | 83 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 64% | 59% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 11% | 11% |
| Expected standard in reading | 73% | 66% | 77% |
| Expected standard in maths | 75% | 70% | 84% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 79% | 71% | 83% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 103.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 105.0 | 109.0 |
| Reading progress | -4.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.80 | - | - |
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.
Trends over time
How Thames View Junior 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 | 64% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 59% | 62.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 67% | 64.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 339 |
| 2023/24 | 336 |
| 2024/25 | 371 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Thames View Junior School compares
Thames View Junior School ranked 26th of 43 primary schools in Barking and Dagenham for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. 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 | 67% | 3.6% | 35.9% | 390 | — |
| Thames View Infants | — | 3.6% | 22.7% | 403 | 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 |
| Ripple Primary School | 73% | 5.9% | 26.1% | 856 | 0.8 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 report10 February 2026
- 3 November 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 35.85%
- English as an additional language
- 72.5%
- Overall absence
- 3.57%
- Persistent absence
- 6.72%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Thames View Infants0.1 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
-
Ripple Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Barking
Other schools in Barking
Thames View Junior School ranks 9th of the 11 ranked primary 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 Infants Primary
- Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Thames View Junior School teach?
- Thames View Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Barking.
- Who is the acting headteacher of Thames View Junior School?
- The acting headteacher of Thames View Junior School is Mr James Smith, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Thames View Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Thames View Junior 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 Thames View Junior School?
- Thames View Junior School has 390 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Thames View Junior School full?
- Thames View Junior School has capacity for 480 pupils and 390 on roll (81%), 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 Thames View Junior School a faith school?
- No. Thames View Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Thames View Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Thames View Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- Is Thames View Junior School part of an academy trust?
- Thames View Junior School is part of PARTNERSHIP LEARNING. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Thames View Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 64% in 2022/23 and 67% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Thames View Junior School compare with other schools in Barking and Dagenham?
- Thames View Junior School ranked 26th of 43 primary schools in Barking and Dagenham for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 93% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Thames View Junior School's absence rate?
- Thames View Junior School's overall absence rate is 3.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Thames View Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Thames View Junior 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 1 July 2026.