Thames View Infants
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Thames View Infants is a converter academy in Barking for boys and girls aged 3 to 7. It has 403 pupils, 43 more than it has places for. About 17 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. We give it 95 out of 100. That puts it well above schools like it, ahead of 93% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was outstanding, back in 2024.
Bastable Avenue, Barking, IG11 0LG020 8270 4317thamesviewinfants.orgPaul Jordan headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 25 June 2024, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Outstanding overall.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
About 19 places were empty, so most families who apply get in, though a popular year group can still fill up. Pupil numbers have grown by 7% since 2021/22, so places are getting harder to come by.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Barking and Dagenham council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.
Specialist SEND provision. SEN unit with 27 pupils, for autism, social, emotional and mental health.
To get a place in the unit or resourced provision, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school. Other schools in Barking and Dagenham with autism provision.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (56), emotional and mental health (31), Other difficulty or disability (27), Autistic spectrum disorder (14).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 403 | 390 | 399 | 419 | 393 | 383 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 16% | 20% | 23% | 23% | 23% | 20% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 86% | 83% | 82% | 38% | 55% | 74% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 20% | 27% | 24% | 37% | 34% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 3% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 96.4% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2018/19 | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 3.6% | 3.8% | 4.5% | 3.1% | 1.2% | 2.6% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 2.9% | 2.9% | 3.8% | 2.5% | 1.0% | 2.0% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.6% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 8.0% | 8.8% | 5.3% | 3.1% | 0.9% | 3.3% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thames View Junior School | Academy | 190 m | 390 | Report card 2026 | 61 | Compare |
| George Carey Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 820 m | 619 | Good 2023 | 55 | Compare |
| Eastbury Primary School | Academy | 0.6 miles | 777 | Good 2024 | 12 | Compare |
| Riverside Primary School | Free school | 0.7 miles | 433 | Good 2023 | 94 | Compare |
| Monteagle Primary School | Council | 0.7 miles | 630 | Report card 2026 | 88 | Compare |
| Ripple Primary School | Council | 0.9 miles | 856 | Not inspected | 71 | Compare |
| Greatfields Primary School | Free school | 1.0 miles | 50 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Manor Junior School | Council | 1.1 miles | 590 | No overall grade 2024 | 89 | Compare |
Compared with schools like it
Our score compares Thames View Infants with the 43 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 43 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.
No school with a similar mix of pupils within 25 km scores clearly higher.
How the score was worked out
The score is out of 100. A 95 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 95% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 88 to 99. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.
| What we looked at | How much it counts | Against schools like it | Effect on the score | Based on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results over three years | 0% | no data | – | |
| Ofsted inspection | 20% | well above | +1.01 | Ofsted grade, 2.2 years old |
| Progress pupils make | 0% | no data | – | |
| Direction of travel over five years | 10% | well below | -0.26 | results and attendance falling year on year |
| Attendance and behaviour | 10% | above | +0.20 | 2024/25; 239 pupils |
| Results, allowing for the mix of pupils | 0% | no data | – | |
| What parents say | 0% | no data | – |
Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.
Questions parents ask
Is Thames View Infants a good school?
Yes, going by the figures. Thames View Infants scores 95 out of 100. That is well above schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 93% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 88 to 99, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much. Its results have been slipping over the last five years.
What is Thames View Infants's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Thames View Infants outstanding at its last full inspection on 25 June 2024.
How many pupils does Thames View Infants have?
403 pupils aged 3 to 7 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 360 places, so it is 112% full.
Is Thames View Infants oversubscribed?
Probably not. 19 places were empty in 2024/25 (5% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.
What is attendance like at Thames View Infants?
Pupils were in school 96.4% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 8% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Thames View Infants?
The average class had 27.3 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
Does Thames View Infants have specialist SEND provision?
Yes. It has sen unit for autism, social, emotional and mental health. To get a place there, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Bastable Avenue, Barking, IG11 0LG
- Telephone
- 020 8270 4317
- Website
- thamesviewinfants.org
- Headteacher
- Paul Jordan
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 3-7, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- TVI Learning (1 schools)
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Ward
- Thames View
- Constituency
- Barking
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2012 (academy converter)
- URN
- 138684 · LAESTAB 3012021 · UKPRN 10038598
- Formerly
- Thames View Infants' School
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.