GCSE results 2026

Barking and Dagenham GCSE results 2026

Provisional 2025/26 results for 13 state secondary schools in Barking and Dagenham, 3,157 pupils. Barking and Dagenham ranks 44 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which fell by 0.2 points on 2025.

Grade 5+ English & maths

50.0%

2.2 pts above England

Grade 7+ English & maths

15.5%

0.8 pts above England

Attainment 8

49.0

1.4 points above England

Council rank

44 / 151

By average Attainment 8

Barking and Dagenham at a glance

Highest Attainment 8: Riverside School (57.9).
Schools range from 39.6 to 57.9 on Attainment 8, a spread of 18.3 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
Disadvantaged pupils averaged 43.2, 9.1 points behind their classmates (a smaller gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Riverside School (55.1).
Most improved on 2025: Brook Sixth Form and Academy, up 4.2 points to 42.9.

Every Barking and Dagenham secondary school, ranked

Ranked by Attainment 8 · 2025/26 provisional · E&M: English and maths

#	School	Pupils	Attainment 8	vs 2025	Grade 4+ E&M	Grade 5+ E&M	Grade 7+ E&M	Disadvantaged A8
1	Riverside School	252	57.9	+2.4	79.0%	63.9%	24.6%	55.1
2	Goresbrook SchoolMulti-faith	110	56.6	+1.0	80.0%	62.7%	30.0%	53.2
3	All Saints Catholic School and Technology CollegeRoman Catholic	234	53.8	−2.3	76.1%	57.3%	13.2%	49.6
4	Robert Clack School	522	51.1	+0.6	71.5%	55.2%	17.0%	44.4
5	The Sydney Russell School	325	50.9	−0.3	69.8%	54.5%	20.0%	43.4
6	Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College	354	48.7	−1.0	68.9%	52.3%	14.1%	43.0
7	Jo Richardson Community School	287	47.4	−2.8	66.6%	44.6%	12.9%	41.9
8	Eastbury Community School	283	47.0	+2.2	65.0%	43.8%	12.0%	43.7
9	The Warren School	213	46.4	−1.2	65.7%	45.1%	13.6%	42.7
10	Greatfields School	173	45.8	+0.2	59.5%	44.5%	14.5%	39.4
11	Brook Sixth Form and Academy	14	42.9	+4.2	71.4%	35.7%	0.0%	—
12	Dagenham Park CofE SchoolChurch of England	237	40.5	−1.6	57.8%	34.2%	5.9%	34.5
13	Eastbrook School	153	39.6	+2.4	51.6%	35.9%	12.4%	33.7
	England average		47.6		66.8%	47.8%	14.7%	37.7

Disadvantaged A8: Attainment 8 of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years or looked after; blank where the school has too few to publish. Small year groups move more from year to year.

Barking and Dagenham against the rest of London

Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026

Kingston upon Thames69.6%
Sutton69.4%
Richmond upon Thames67.0%
Barnet65.4%
Hammersmith and Fulham65.2%
Redbridge62.9%
Kensington and Chelsea60.5%
Wandsworth60.1%
Westminster59.3%
Ealing58.4%
Hackney58.1%
Merton58.0%
Bexley57.1%
Harrow55.9%
Bromley55.9%
Southwark55.8%
Newham55.4%
Hounslow55.0%
Hillingdon54.7%
Brent53.5%
Tower Hamlets53.0%
Haringey51.4%
Islington50.8%
Waltham Forest50.4%
Camden50.4%
Havering50.0%
Barking and Dagenham50.0%
Greenwich49.9%
Lewisham49.7%
Enfield48.7%
Croydon47.7%
Lambeth47.2%

Reading these figures

Attainment 8 is out of 90: a pupil’s grades in eight GCSE slots added up, with English and maths counted twice.
There is no Progress 8 this year (these pupils sat no KS2 SATs), so results partly reflect each school’s intake.
These are provisional figures; revised ones with re-marks follow in early 2027.
Source: Department for Education, Key stage 4 performance (school-level data). Council figures are our pupil-weighted calculation over state-funded mainstream schools; independent schools are not included.