All Saints Catholic School and Technology College
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 1,345 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 56.1
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Pathways School
- Pupils on roll
- 83of 90 places
- Free school meals
- 97.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 8
- Ofsted
- Good, 20 February 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Pathways School has no sixth form. Of the 7 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 29% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 9.8 against 46.1 across England and 48.4 in Barking and Dagenham, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
14% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Pathways School | Barking and Dagenham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 7 | 3,042 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 57% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 57% | 92% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 49% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 6% | 13% |
| — further education college | 29% | 35% | 37% |
| — other education | 29% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 14% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 29% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Pathways School | Barking and Dagenham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 9.8 | 48.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 48% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 13% | 68% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 41% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.33 | 4.19 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 100% | 32% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 9.8 | 41.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | — | 51.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 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.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 8 | 100% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 13% |
| Mathematics | 8 | 100% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 25% |
| Biology | 7 | 88% | 23% | 0% | 45% | 0% |
| Computer Science | 5 | 63% | 13% | — | 30% | — |
| Citizenship Studies | 4 | 50% | 3% | — | 19% | — |
| History | 1 | 13% | 41% | — | 26% | — |
Other secondary schools in Barking and Dagenham
Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College
Community school · sixth form · 2,418 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.7
Brook Sixth Form and Academy
University technical college · sixth form · 273 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.7
Dagenham Park CofE School
Voluntary controlled school · sixth form · 1,414 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.1
Eastbrook School
Community school · sixth form · 1,320 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.2
Eastbury Community School
Community school · sixth form · 2,039 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.8
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.