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Becontree Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Stevens Road, Dagenham RM8 2QR · becontreeprimaryschool.com · 020 8270 4900
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 53%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Barking and Dagenham 67%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.56 mi
- 0.90 km · Reception, September 2025 entry · Barking and Dagenham Council
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 458
- 95% of 484 places
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 30.8%
- First language not English
- 55.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2025, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.56 mi (900 m) from the school; in September 2024 it was 0.56 mi (900 m). Source: Barking and Dagenham Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 63 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 84% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 60 | 63 | 1.1▲ | 84% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 56 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 60 | 1 | 90% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 64 | 1.1▲ | 91% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 56 | 0.9 | 96% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 0.56 mi0.90 km | |
| September 2024 | 0.56 mi0.90 km | |
How far from the school the child given the last place under the distance rule lives.
Results
In 2024/25, 53% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 8% the higher standard. Across Barking and Dagenham it was 67%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼53% | 62% | ||
| ●8% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Becontree Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 18 July 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 18 Jul 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2012
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Oct 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Sept 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good May 2010Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good
What parents said
99% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (76 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 99%
- Replies
- 76
- 16% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 62% who raised concerns
based on the 34% who had a child bullied
based on 17 parents (22%) with SEND