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The Warren School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 46 46.4 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
46.4 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
45.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
13.6% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.37 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 47.6[6] 44.9%[6]
2023/24 48.2[4] 51%[4] +0.37[4]
2022/23 51.4[7] 56%[7] +0.69[7]
2021/22 50.2[8] 52%[8] +0.16[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
6.7% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B-[10] 13.8%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 17.2%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 19.7%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 7%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
94% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
59% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
1% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
31% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 96%[15] 59%[15] 1%[15] 34%[15] 1%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 96%[16] 57%[16] 2%[16] 34%[16] 1%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 93%[17] 52%[17] 4%[17] 35%[17] 2%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 90%[18] 55%[18] 3%[18] 28%[18] 1%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
88% 2022/23[19]
Education
80% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[19]
Employment
6% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 88%[20] 76%[20] 4%[20] 8%[20]
2020/21 95%[21] 81%[21] 3%[21] 11%[21]
2019/20 87%[22] 77%[22] 2%[22] 8%[22]
2018/19 85%[23] 67%[23] 3%[23] 14%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
82% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
31% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
9% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 87%[26] 22%[26]
2019/20 78%[25] 9%[25] 9%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 73%[27] 24%[27] 22%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 71%[28] 10%[28] 9%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
15 May 2024[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
16 Jun 2024[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
Outstanding[29]
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
7 Feb 2023[30] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[30] No overall grade[30]
6 Dec 2017[31] Academy First Section 5[31] Good[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.5 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
611 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
239 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
240 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 527[32] 203[32] 239[32] 2.2[32] 0.8[32]
Entry Sept 2024 438[32] 174[32] 222[32] 2.0[32] 0.8[32]
Entry Sept 2023 421[32] 158[32] 198[32] 2.1[32] 0.8[32]
Entry Sept 2022 393[32] 136[32] 152[32] 2.6[32] 0.9[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1380[1]
Trust
LOXFORD SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED[1]
Local authority
Barking and Dagenham[1]
Website
http://www.thewarrenschool.net[1]
District
Barking and Dagenham[33]
Postcode
RM6 6SB[1]
URN
141178[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1374 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
41.6% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
12.5% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
3% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
33.3% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
25.8%[35]
Mixed
6.5%[35]
Asian
47.5%[35]
Black
17.7%[35]
Any other ethnic group
1.7%[35]
Unclassified
0.8%[35]

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

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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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