Eastbury Primary School
Academy converter 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
iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Eastbury Primary School is a primary school located in Barking, Barking and Dagenham. The school caters for boys and girls aged 3 to 11 and currently has 801 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 944. It is part of the PARTNERSHIP LEARNING. The school is led by Mrs Lisa Shepherd.
Enrichment
3 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Book Club
- Dance
- Netball
Key facts
- URN
- 142699
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Constituency
- Barking
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2016
Governing body (14 current, 1 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.1 governor is linked to a profile (all confirmed).
Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Zaheer Ahmed | Chair of Local Governing Body | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Wilson | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2030 |
| 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 | |
| Mr Stephen Noon | Local Governor | Appointed by academy members | since 2024 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Ms Elisabetta Maddox | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Mohra Hussein | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Harjinder Kaur | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Irena Markova | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Roger Leighton Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by trustees | 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 | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2022 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Ms Sarah Kinnaird | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2019 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Lisa Shepherd | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2019 |
| Mrs S 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 1 November 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