Voluntary controlled school

Dagenham Park CofE School

Mixed · ages 11–19 · with sixth form · Church of EnglandBarking and Dagenham, London · Dagenham RM10 9QHSchool website
Pupils on roll
1,414of 1,470 places
Free school meals
42.3%
Year 11 cohort 2025
215
Ofsted
Standards maintained, 24 April 2025Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Dagenham Park Community School (URN 101242, until 1 January 2010).

What the data says

Of the 259 pupils who finished Year 11 at Dagenham Park CofE School in 2023, 52% stayed on in Dagenham Park CofE School’s own sixth form (Barking and Dagenham average 49%), 36% went to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.

Among the 109 students who left the sixth form in 2023, 72% went to university (Barking and Dagenham 45%, England 37%), and 12% of level 3 students progressed to one of the most selective universities, against 19% nationally.

Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 41% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 42.1 against 46.1 across England and 48.4 in Barking and Dagenham, with 34% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Barking and Dagenham and England.

Dagenham Park CofE School
Barking and Dagenham
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureDagenham Park CofE SchoolBarking and DagenhamEngland
Pupils in the cohort2593,042607,348
Any sustained destination94%93%92%
Stayed in education93%92%86%
— school sixth form52%49%34%
— sixth form college5%6%13%
— further education college36%35%37%
— other education0%1%2%
Apprenticeship1%1%3%
Employment1%3%
No sustained destination3%5%6%
Destination unknown3%2%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

Dagenham Park CofE School
Barking and Dagenham
England
University (higher education)Further educationOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureDagenham Park CofE SchoolBarking and DagenhamEngland
Students in the cohort1092,379541,441
Any sustained destination91%75%79%
University (higher education)72%45%37%
— most selective universities (top third), of level 3 students12%18%19%
Further education1%9%5%
Apprenticeship3%5%7%
Employment14%17%28%
No sustained destination6%17%16%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureDagenham Park CofE SchoolBarking and DagenhamEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)42.148.446.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths34%48%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths60%68%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects24%41%41%
EBacc average point score3.634.194.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort34%32%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils33.641.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils46.651.650.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language39%38%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Mathematics20394%88%18%22%69%
English Language20294%89%14%20%69%
English Literature20093%86%19%21%70%
Combined Science15773%65%3%9%38%
Geography9946%41%15%25%57%
Art and Design8841%7%5%24%68%
Business Studies5827%18%16%20%76%
History5526%41%20%26%53%
Biology4722%23%36%45%98%
Physics4621%23%57%46%100%
Chemistry4621%23%41%47%100%
Sociology3516%4%29%21%77%
Computer Science3014%13%23%30%53%
Spanish2713%19%52%27%96%
Physical Education2612%11%15%24%73%
Film Studies2311%1%22%20%65%
French188%18%56%29%100%
Religious Studies126%31%58%32%92%
Food Preparation and Nutrition115%8%0%21%0%
Portuguese63%0%33%50%83%
Italian31%0%53%
Bengali31%0%35%
Urdu31%1%42%
Turkish31%0%71%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Speech and Drama3451%
Sports Studies2537%
Small Business Management2436%

A levels and other level 3 courses

MeasureDagenham Park CofE SchoolBarking and DagenhamEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study228
— of whom A level students671,019261,341
Average A level gradeCC+B-
Average points per A level entry29.5934.7835.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsCC+B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects0%12%18%
Average grade, applied general courses
Average grade, T levels

A level subjects

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Psychology3349%23%
Mathematics2740%31%
Economics1928%13%
Business Studies1827%13%
Chemistry1827%17%
Biology1624%20%
History1015%13%
Physics1015%12%
Sociology913%13%
Media Studies812%4%
Art and Design69%1%
Religious Studies4%
Arabic0%
Polish0%
Portuguese0%
English Literature11%
Geography10%
Computer Science5%

Applied, technical and other level 3 courses

SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)3146%
Applied SciencesBTEC National Extended Diploma L3 - Band N - PPP-D*D*D*1218%
Business StudiesBTEC National Extended Diploma L3 - Band N - PPP-D*D*D*913%
Small Business ManagementBTEC Technical Certificate L2 - Band E - P-D913%
Sports StudiesBTEC National Extended Diploma L3 - Band N - PPP-D*D*D*69%
Applied SciencesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*

Other secondary schools in Barking and Dagenham

Eastbrook School

Community school · sixth form · 1,320 pupils

88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.2

Goresbrook School

Free schools · sixth form · 1,089 pupils

89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.6

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.