Ripple Primary School[1]

Primary · ages 3–11

Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard: KS2 73% 73% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths): 73% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths): 5% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score: 106 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score: 107 2024/25[2]
All results, 2021/22: Not published[3]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]

Earlier years
Year	Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)	Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)	Reading, average scaled score	Maths, average scaled score
2023/24	55%[4]	7%[4]	103[4]	106[4]
2022/23	58%[5]	2%[5]	104[5]	106[5]
2018/19	60%[6]	5%[6]	103[6]	106[6]
2017/18	47%[7]	7%[7]	102[7]	104[7]

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 29 Apr 2025[8]
Type: Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[8]
Report published: 9 Jun 2025[8]
Safeguarding is effective?: Yes[8]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections: Standards maintained[8]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
28 Jan 2020[9]	Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools[9]	No overall grade[9]
Date not published[10]	Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[10]	Good[10]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception (site 3012015)

Applications per place: 5.0 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Applications (any preference): 141 Entry Sept 2026[11]
First preferences: 28 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Places offered: 28 Entry Sept 2026[11]
First preferences per place: 1.0 Entry Sept 2026[11]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	169[11]	27[11]	29[11]	5.8[11]	0.9[11]
Entry Sept 2024	192[11]	48[11]	48[11]	4.0[11]	1.0[11]
Entry Sept 2023	172[11]	33[11]	34[11]	5.1[11]	1.0[11]
Entry Sept 2022	181[11]	35[11]	36[11]	5.0[11]	1.0[11]

Applications and offers, Reception (site 3019904)

Applications per place: 3.9 Entry Sept 2024[11]
Applications (any preference): 229 Entry Sept 2024[11]
First preferences: 56 Entry Sept 2024[11]
Places offered: 59 Entry Sept 2024[11]
First preferences per place: 0.9 Entry Sept 2024[11]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2023	197[11]	50[11]	50[11]	3.9[11]	1.0[11]
Entry Sept 2022	192[11]	53[11]	55[11]	3.5[11]	1.0[11]

Character & practicalities

Type: Community school[1]
Ages: 3–11[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Sixth form: No[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 1181[1]
Local authority: Barking and Dagenham[1]
Website: www.rippleprimary.co.uk [1]
District: Barking and Dagenham [12]
Postcode: IG11 7QS[1]
URN: 101198[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 916 2024/25[13]
English as an additional language: 84.5% 2024/25[13]
SEN support: 11.5% 2024/25[13]
EHC plan: 3.9% 2024/25[13]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 26.1% 2024/25[13]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 26.8%[14]
Mixed: 9.1%[14]
Asian: 44.6%[14]
Black: 15.4%[14]
Any other ethnic group: 3.6%[14]
Unclassified: 0.5%[14]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Quotes (2)
We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2019/20. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2015/16. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.