This domain measures the lack of attainment and skills in the local population.

Key facts for Barking & Dagenham in 2019

• one hundred and first highest score in England (based on 317 local authority districts, where 1 is the most deprived and 317 is the least deprived)

• highest score in London

• every neighbourhood in Mayesbrook ward was amongst the 30% most deprived in the country

• Abbey, Longbridge and Whalebone wards were the only wards without any neighbourhoods amongst the 30% most deprived in the country

Visit our borough data explorer to see thematic maps showing the broad distribution of education, skills and training deprivation across Barking & Dagenham in both 2015 and 2019.