St Margarets CofE Primary School
15-19 North Street, Barking, IG11 8AS
393 pupils · 94% of 420 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Trust
- GENESIS EDUCATION TRUST
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Free school meals
- 18.3%
Ofsted
Improved significantly (2025) — Ungraded inspection — “Improved significantly” (no overall grade issued)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 19 March 2025, published 1 May 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 89% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 13% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.95 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 59 | 56 | 145 | 59 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 60 | 69 | 162 | 60 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 60 | 72 | 167 | 60 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 55 | 55 | 141 | 55 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 49 | 48 | 131 | 49 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 41 | 40 | 136 | 41 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 60 | 58 | 164 | 60 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 60 | 70 | 182 | 60 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.3 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Northbury Primary School 0.5 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Gascoigne Primary School 0.6 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Greatfields Primary School 0.8 km · No Ofsted rating
- Ripple Primary School 1.1 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- Nelson Primary School 1.1 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.