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Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College: data, trends and context

Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College is a secondary school in Barking and Dagenham. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
101241
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Community school
Status
Open
Local authority
Barking and Dagenham
Region
London
Postcode
IG11 9AG
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
2,418
FSM eligible
25.8%
EAL / First language other than English
25.0%
SEND (total)
11.7%
SEN Support
6.8%
EHCP
4.9%
White British
9.3%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
93.2%
Overall absence
6.8%
Persistent absence
19.1%
Severe absence
1.3%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
Barking and DagenhamLocal authority93.3%6.7%3.0%
LondonRegion92.7%7.3%2.9%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
9.0%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
5.9%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.04%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
49.7
English & maths grade 5+
50.7%
English & maths grade 4+
70.0%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College is a secondary school in Barking and Dagenham. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.