Thames View Junior School
Academy sponsor led primary school in Barking (Barking and Dagenham).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
Thank you for visiting our website. Here you can learn a little more about our great school. Thames View Junior School is a four form school from year 3-6, that is part of Partnership Learning multi academy trust which is based in Barking within the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.
We pride ourselves on providing a caring and friendly atmosphere associated with smaller schools. Your child's time at Thames View Junior School is very precious and we are pleased that we are able to share this with you.
We provide a curriculum that acknowledges the importance of the basic skills, but endeavours to teach those skills in an exciting way, as well as finding time to focus on more creative and artistic skills and making sure that we enjoy what we learn, using our local and wider environments and opportunities to support this.
All our staff have a commitment to the effective inclusion of children with a wide range of educational needs and abilities. We boast an excellent and dedicated team of teachers and support staff who strive every day to get the very best from the children in our care.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
21 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Athletics
- Band
- Basketball
- Book Club
- Boxing
- Chess
- Choir
- Computing
- Cooking
- Creative Writing
- Cricket
- Dance
- Football
- Gymnastics
- Lego
- Mindfulness
and 5 more
Awards
3 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Healthy SchoolsHealth and wellbeing
- Music MarkMusic
- UNICEF Rights Respecting SchoolsChildren's rights
Key facts
- URN
- 141651
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Constituency
- Barking
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2015
Governing body (13 current, 2 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Zaheer Ahmad | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr J Fielder | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Ms Heather Clark | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Bill Turner | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Ms Jackie Day | Local Governance Professional - Individual Academy or Free SchoolGovernance professional | since 2024 | |
| Ms Laverne Bancey | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Ms Elisabetta Maddox | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Ms Harjinder Kaur | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Ms Clara Breakwell | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr James Smith | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2022 |
| Mrs Sarah Kinnard | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2021 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Miss Lisa Shepherd | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2019 |
| Ms I Markova | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2019 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Mohra Hussein Former | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
| Ms Sandy Sanghera Former | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2021 · term ended 2025 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record