Eastbury Primary School
Dawson Avenue, Barking, IG11 9QQ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- PARTNERSHIP LEARNING
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lisa Shepherd
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Partnership Learning
- SEN provision
- MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment
- Constituency
- Barking
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 944
- Pupils on roll
- 777
- URN
- 142699
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02084779910
About this school
Eastbury Primary School is a primary academy in Barking. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 777 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
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 18 April 2024, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 105 | 117 | 102 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 50% | 56% | 45% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 4% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 61% | 69% | 66% |
| Expected standard in maths | 59% | 69% | 56% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 68% | 76% | 65% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 104.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.90 | - | - |
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 Eastbury Primary 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 | 50% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 56% | 62.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 45% | 64.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 802 |
| 2023/24 | 831 |
| 2024/25 | 801 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Eastbury Primary School compares
Eastbury Primary School ranked 43rd of 43 primary schools in Barking and Dagenham for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 16% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45% | 6.3% | 23.7% | 777 | — |
| Manor Junior School | 78% | 5.3% | 18.6% | 590 | 0.4 miles |
| Manor Primary School | 64% | 5.6% | 19% | 1,135 | 0.4 miles |
| Ripple Primary School | 73% | 5.9% | 26.1% | 856 | 0.4 miles |
| Thames View Junior School | 67% | 3.6% | 35.9% | 390 | 0.6 miles |
| Thames View Infants | — | 3.6% | 22.7% | 403 | 0.6 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)
- 23.7%
- English as an additional language
- 73.9%
- Overall absence
- 6.27%
- Persistent absence
- 19.31%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Manor Junior School0.4 miles
Primary · Barking
-
Manor Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Dagenham
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Ripple Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Barking
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Thames View Junior School0.6 miles
Primary · Barking
-
Thames View Infants0.6 miles
Primary · Barking
Other schools in Barking
Eastbury Primary School ranks 11th of the 11 ranked primary schools in Barking.
- 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
- Thames View Junior School Primary
- Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Eastbury Primary School teach?
- Eastbury Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Barking.
- Who is the headteacher of Eastbury Primary School?
- The headteacher of Eastbury Primary School is Mrs Lisa Shepherd, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Eastbury Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Eastbury Primary 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 big is Eastbury Primary School?
- Eastbury Primary School has 777 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Eastbury Primary School full?
- Eastbury Primary School has capacity for 944 pupils and 777 on roll (82%), 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 Eastbury Primary School a faith school?
- No. Eastbury Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Eastbury Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Eastbury Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Eastbury Primary School?
- Eastbury Primary 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.
- What SEN provision does Eastbury Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Eastbury Primary School's special educational needs provision as: MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Eastbury Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 50% in 2022/23 and 45% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Eastbury Primary School rank locally?
- Eastbury Primary School ranked 43rd of 43 primary schools in Barking and Dagenham for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 16% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Eastbury Primary School's absence rate?
- Eastbury Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Eastbury Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Eastbury Primary 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 2 July 2026.