Primary school

Five Elms Primary School

  • Community School
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Barking and Dagenham
  • RM9 5TB

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 8,949 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 60%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 77%77%2016/17: top 75%2017/18: top 80%2018/19: top 61%2022/23: top 41%2023/24: top 30%30% · 2023/242024/25: top 60%No exams

Against LondonArrows: London rank change since 2018/19

Expected standard, RWM61% · London 72%2/10 Well below London
Higher standard, RWM0% · London 12%1/10 Well below London−36.7 pts
Reading score105 · London 1072/10 Well below London
Maths score105 · London 1073/10 Below−13 pts
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 41% · 61 pupils · London 61%2016/17: 52% · 58 pupils · London 69%2017/18: 53% · 58 pupils · London 72%2018/19: 63% · 84 pupils · London 73%2022/23: 65% · 54 pupils · London 68%2023/24: 70% · 63 pupils · London 70%2024/25: 61% · 46 pupils · London 72%70%41%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 7% · 61 pupils · London 7%2016/17: 5% · 58 pupils · London 10%2017/18: 5% · 58 pupils · London 12%2018/19: 11% · 84 pupils · London 13%2022/23: 11% · 54 pupils · London 11%2023/24: 13% · 63 pupils · London 11%2024/25: 0% · 46 pupils · London 12%13%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 99 · 61 pupils · London 1032016/17: 99 · 58 pupils · London 1052017/18: 103 · 58 pupils · London 1062018/19: 103 · 84 pupils · London 1062022/23: 105 · 54 pupils · London 1062023/24: 105 · 63 pupils · London 1072024/25: 105 · 46 pupils · London 10710599No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 102 · 61 pupils · London 1042016/17: 102 · 58 pupils · London 1062017/18: 104 · 58 pupils · London 1062018/19: 106 · 84 pupils · London 1072022/23: 104 · 54 pupils · London 1062023/24: 105 · 63 pupils · London 1062024/25: 105 · 46 pupils · London 107106102No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
40 of 40 who put it first2014 · 96.5%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st4040
2nd500
3rd460

No last distance offered published

Inspections · 2008–2022

  1. 2008Satisfactory
  2. 2012Good
  3. 2017Good
  4. 2022Remains Good

5 strong areas

  • Outcomes for pupils
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management
  • Personal development, behaviour and welfare
  • Quality of teaching, learning and assessment

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · 3 points to improve

Read what Ofsted said (6)

From Ofsted report, inspected Oct 2022

Strengths

  • “Pupils enjoy coming to school.”
  • “They typically described the teachers as ‘great’ and learning as ‘fun’.”
  • “Staff know the pupils well, which helps to create a safe environment for pupils to learn and flourish.”

To improve

  • “Leaders do not ensure that teachers effectively develop pupils’ vocabulary and understanding in all subjects.”
  • “In a few subjects, this leads to some pupils not deepening their knowledge and understanding as well as in others.”
  • “Leaders should ensure that all teachers check and develop pupils’ understanding of subject-specific vocabulary securely in all subjects.”

Ofsted inspection report extracts, Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026460
Free school meals (past 6 years)34.4%
First language not English63.8%
SEN support13.3%
EHC plan7.0%
Absence (sessions missed)5.8%
Persistently absent pupils17.2%

Girls 49%Boys 51%

92.7% full · 496 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher18.8
Pupils per adult10.1
  • Classroom teachers 19.6
  • Leadership 4.2
  • Teaching assistants 19.2
  • Other support 11.5

Teachers 23.8 FTE · Whole workforce 54.5 · 71 people

Financials · 2025/26

Income per pupil£9,207
Spend per pupil£8,981
Staff spend per pupil£7,281
Reserve per pupil£381
  • +£170,069revenue reserve
  • +£100,772in-year balance

Grants £8,907 · self-generated £300 · premises £362 per pupil