Dorothy Barley Junior Academy

Primary · state · ages 7–11 · 294 pupils · RM8 2NB · REACH2 ACADEMY TRUST

GoodOfstedInspected Mar 2023

3%KS2 higher standardEngland median 7%

57%KS2 expected standardEngland median 64%

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Resourced provision and SEN unit for Moderate learning difficulty, Severe learning difficulty (24 places). 29.9% of pupils eligible for free school meals.

Its infant school (Reception to Year 2): Dorothy Barley Infants' School

Results at age 11 (2024/25)

% meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths57% (typical 64%)

% at the higher standard in reading, writing and maths3% (typical 7%)

% meeting the expected standard, 3-year average (2023–2025)58% (typical 62%)

Average scaled scores: reading 103, maths 101.

How hard is it to get in?

No applications figures of its own. Most of its Year 3 places usually go to children from Dorothy Barley Infants' School, so getting into the infant school is normally the way in.

Dorothy Barley Infants' School, Reception in September 2026: 43 families put it first for 45 places (1.0 first choices per place); 100% of them got a place.

Sports facilities on site

1 football pitch.

For the school's own use. Schools nearby with similar facilities

Money

£7,800spent per pupil (typical primary £7,238)

81%of spending on staff, 52% on teachers

£68krevenue reserve (2.6% of a year's income)

£315ksurplus in the year

Income £2.7m, spending £2.3m (September 2024 to August 2025, 300 pupils).

Run by Reach2 Academy Trust, a trust of 62 academies and 21,189 pupils. The trust holds reserves of £4.8m, 3.1% of its income. Its accounts at Companies House.

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About these figures

Typical means the median state-funded school in England. In the bars, the fill is this school and the black line is the typical school.
Scaled scores: 100 is the expected standard and 120 is the top.
11+ pass rate: passing isn't the same as a grammar place, and not every child sits the test, so the share passing depends on who chose to sit. Small numbers are hidden by the council as published. How grammar admissions work.
The DfE publishes applications figures only for entry to Reception and Year 7, and a junior school takes pupils at Year 3. The council's admissions team publishes how many applied and the furthest distance offered.
Living nearby doesn't guarantee a place. Admissions are set by the council or the school, and rules such as catchment, siblings and faith decide who gets in: check its admissions policy and how far away the last places went in recent years.
Sports facilities, not results: there is no national data on schools' sporting success.
Spending per pupil mostly follows funding for deprivation, special needs and London weighting, so higher isn't the same as better. Small schools and sixth forms cost more per pupil.

Department for Education performance data 2024/25 and register of schools; Ofsted inspections to August 2026. Open Government Licence. Contains data © Sport England (Active Places), matched to the school by name and postcode. Money: Department for Education academies accounts return, 2024-25; Open Government Licence. 11+ results: LB Redbridge FOI (WhatDoTheyKnow request 11_plus_scores_pdf_and_pupils_wh), Pupils Who Sat The Test 2022.

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