Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College
Secondary school in Barking, Barking and Dagenham. Outstanding (Jan 2024).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 31 January 2024, report published 4 March 2024, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
Outstanding overall. The top grade under the previous system. 12% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Outstanding.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Sixth form | Outstanding |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around January 2028
The last inspection was in January 2024. Schools are usually inspected about every four years.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2029 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby secondary schools
- 0.5 milesEastbury Community School
School remains Good (Mar 2024)
- 0.7 milesLoxford School
Outstanding (Nov 2023)
- 1.0 milesGreatfields School
Standards maintained (Oct 2024)
- 1.2 milesJo Richardson Community School
Outstanding (May 2024)
- 1.4 milesArk Isaac Newton Academy
Standards maintained (Oct 2024)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.