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Becontree Primary School

  • Community School
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Barking and Dagenham
  • RM8 2QR

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 11,371 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 76%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 21%21%2016/17: top 57%2017/18: top 54%2018/19: top 58%2022/23: top 77%2023/24: top 49%2024/25: top 76%No exams

Against LondonArrows: London rank change since 2018/19

Expected standard, RWM53% · London 72%1/10 Well below London−15.8 pts
Higher standard, RWM8% · London 12%3/10 Below
Reading score105 · London 1072/10 Well below London+10.4 pts
Maths score105 · London 1073/10 Below
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 69% · 59 pupils · London 61%2016/17: 60% · 55 pupils · London 69%2017/18: 66% · 89 pupils · London 72%2018/19: 64% · 58 pupils · London 73%2022/23: 50% · 60 pupils · London 68%2023/24: 63% · 60 pupils · London 70%2024/25: 53% · 62 pupils · London 72%69%50%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 14% · 59 pupils · London 7%2016/17: 15% · 55 pupils · London 10%2017/18: 8% · 89 pupils · London 12%2018/19: 10% · 58 pupils · London 13%2022/23: 2% · 60 pupils · London 11%2023/24: 7% · 60 pupils · London 11%2024/25: 8% · 62 pupils · London 12%15%2%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 103 · 59 pupils · London 1032016/17: 103 · 55 pupils · London 1052017/18: 104 · 89 pupils · London 1062018/19: 102 · 58 pupils · London 1062022/23: 104 · 60 pupils · London 1062023/24: 105 · 60 pupils · London 1072024/25: 105 · 62 pupils · London 107105102No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 107 · 59 pupils · London 1042016/17: 108 · 55 pupils · London 1062017/18: 105 · 89 pupils · London 1062018/19: 105 · 58 pupils · London 1072022/23: 103 · 60 pupils · London 1062023/24: 106 · 60 pupils · London 1062024/25: 105 · 62 pupils · London 107108103No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in84.1%
53 of 63 who put it first2014 · 91.4%2026 · 84.1%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st6353
2nd427
3rd290
Last distance offered
  • 2025/26900 m
  • 2024/25900 m
  • 2022/231.9 km
  • 2021/226.0 km
  • 2020/21828 m
  • 2019/20698 m
  • You0.8 km

Inside last year's distance · approx.: from the centre of Goodmayes South, not your door

Inspections · 2007–2023

  1. 2007Satisfactory
  2. 2010Satisfactory
  3. 2012Good
  4. 2017Ungraded visit
  5. 2023Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective · 1 point to improve

Read what Ofsted said (5)

From Ofsted report, inspected Jul 2023

Strengths

  • “Leaders have developed a highly inclusive culture that ensures everyone is welcome.”
  • “Pupils and staff are proud of their school and follow their motto of respecting one another.”
  • “Pupils feel a strong sense of community.”

To improve

  • “This means that, on occasions, pupils are not fully ready to learn new content and concepts.”
  • “The school should develop the expertise of all teachers so that they identify and address any gaps in pupils’ understanding swiftly.”

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

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026458
Free school meals (past 6 years)29.1%
First language not English55.5%
SEN support11.4%
EHC plan6.2%
Absence (sessions missed)5.5%
Persistently absent pupils14.4%

Girls 48%Boys 52%

94.6% full · 484 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher18.5
Pupils per adult10.7
  • Classroom teachers 20.6
  • Leadership 3
  • Teaching assistants 13.6
  • Other support 12.1

Teachers 23.6 FTE · Whole workforce 49.4 · 69 people

Financials · 2025/26

Income per pupil£9,077
Spend per pupil£9,025
Staff spend per pupil£7,133
Reserve per pupil£417
  • +£182,077revenue reserve
  • +£22,848in-year balance

Grants £8,878 · self-generated £199 · premises £525 per pupil