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The James Cambell Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Langley Crescent, Dagenham RM9 6TD · jamescambell.co.uk · 020 8270 4602
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 66%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Barking and Dagenham 67%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 602
- 72% of 840 places
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 31.3%
- First language not English
- 48.3%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Partnership Learning
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 61 families put the school first and 61 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 61 | 61 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 72 | 72 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 92 | 1.5▲ | 65% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 51 | 51 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 66 | 64 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 66% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 12% 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 | |||
| ▲66% | 62% | ||
| ▲12% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 101186)
Ofsted
The James Cambell Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 14 May 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 14 May 2024
- 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: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Feb 2020
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 101186), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2020Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2015Good
Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 101186)
What parents said
76% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (76 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 76%
- Replies
- 76
- 12% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 91% who raised concerns
based on the 58% who had a child bullied
based on 27 parents (36%) with SEND