Furze Infant School
0.3 miles452 pupils
Applications: open (15 Jan 2027)
State-funded · Primary · Barking and Dagenham
Warren Junior School
Community school · Ages 7 to 11 · Mixed · 546 pupils
At a glance
- Type
- Community school (state-funded)
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 546 census January 2026
- Capacity
- 560
- Headteacher
- Mrs Mairead Pryor
- Address
- Gordon Road, Chadwell Heath, Romford, RM6 6DA
- Borough
- Barking and Dagenham
- Telephone
- 02082704680
- DfE reference (URN)
- 101219
- Website
- warrenjunior.co.uk
Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools · daily extract as at 2026-10-07 · last checked 9 October 2026
Admissions
You apply through the council where you live, not to the school, naming up to six schools in order on one form. Every applicant on time hears on the same national offer day.
Barking and Dagenham: Reception offers, September 2026 entry
Across the borough, 95.3% of applicants were offered their first preference and 99.3% were offered one of their preferences (2,970 applications). These are borough-wide figures, not a forecast for any school or child.
Source: Department for Education, Secondary and primary schools applications and offers 2026 · entry years 2014/15 to 2026/27 (release published 2026-06-18) · last checked 9 October 2026
Inspection
Ofsted graded inspection, 12 March 2024: overall effectiveness at that inspection was Outstanding
Ofsted stopped giving state schools a single overall grade in September 2024. This grade dates from the inspection shown; it is not a current rating.
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Source: Ofsted, Management information - state-funded schools - latest inspections as at 31 August 2026 · latest inspections as at 2026-08-31 · last checked 9 October 2026
Results
Key stage 2 (end of primary), 2024/25
- % meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths2022/23: 81% · 2023/24: 70%79%This school67%Barking and Dagenham62%England, state-funded
- % achieving the higher standard in reading, writing and maths2022/23: 11% · 2023/24: 9%13%This school8%Barking and Dagenham8%England, state-funded
- Average scaled score in reading2022/23: 108 · 2023/24: 108109This school106Barking and Dagenham106England, state-funded
- Average scaled score in maths2022/23: 108 · 2023/24: 107110This school106Barking and Dagenham105England, state-funded
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · academic year 2024/25 · 136 pupils in the cohort
Pupils and context
- Eligible for free school meals
- 22.2% January 2026
- English as an additional language
- 36.7%
- Receiving SEN support
- 11.3%
- With an Education, Health and Care Plan
- 1.2%
- Girls / boys
- 50% / 50%
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · school census 2024/25
Attendance and staffing
- Overall absence
- 5.5% 2024/25
- Persistently absent (missed 10% or more)
- 12.4%
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.3 2025/26
Source: Department for Education, Absence rates by school level · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026
Places
- Places
- 600
- Pupils on roll
- 552
Source: Department for Education, Capacity - school / Sixth form capacity - school · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · position at 1 May, 2024/25
Nearby schools
Schools covering the same ages within about a mile, by straight-line distance (not walking or travel time).
St Bede's Catholic Primary School
0.7 miles426 pupils · KS2 expected standard 95% (2024/25)
Applications: open (15 Jan 2027)
Rose Lane Primary School
0.7 miles582 pupils · KS2 expected standard 48% (2024/25)
Applications: open (15 Jan 2027)
Compare with similar schools
Side-by-side comparisons with the nearest schools of the same type. Sourced facts only; no winner is declared.