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Best primary schools in Barking and Dagenham

39 of 44 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all Barking and Dagenham schools · secondary schools

Ranked on Met expected standard (RWM), 2024/25 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school.

# School Met expected standard (RWM) Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Rush Green Primary School Romford 89.0% Not judged about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 St Margarets CofE Primary School Barking hidden gem 89.0% Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Riverside Primary School Barking 87.0% Good about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Barking 83.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 The St Teresa Catholic Primary School Dagenham 83.0% Not judged oversubscribed 1.2 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 St Peter's Catholic Primary School Dagenham 79.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 Warren Junior School Romford 79.0% Outstanding improving — approximate
8 Manor Junior School Barking 78.0% Not judged — approximate
9 Henry Green Primary School Dagenham hidden gem 77.0% Good about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 Beam Primary School Dagenham 76.0% Not judged about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 Monteagle Primary School Dagenham 76.0% Good about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 Ripple Primary School Barking 73.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Thomas Arnold Primary School, Rowdowns Road Dagenham 73.0% Good improving about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 Hunters Hall Primary School Dagenham 72.0% Good improving about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 John Perry Primary School Dagenham 72.0% Good improving about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
16 Richard Alibon Primary School with ARP for Cognitive and Learning Difficulties : SEN Base Dagenham hidden gem 72.0% Good improving about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
17 Godwin Primary School Dagenham 71.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
18 George Carey Church of England Primary School Barking 70.0% Good about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
19 Parsloes Primary School Dagenham 70.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
20 The Leys Primary School Dagenham 70.0% Good improving about even 1.13 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
21 Northbury Primary School Barking 69.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
22 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Dagenham 67.0% Good about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
23 Thames View Junior School Barking 67.0% Good — approximate
24 William Ford CofE Junior School Dagenham 67.0% Good declining — approximate
25 St Vincent's Catholic Primary School Dagenham hidden gem 66.0% Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
26 The James Cambell Primary School Dagenham 66.0% Good improving about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
27 Manor Primary School Dagenham 64.0% Good declining about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
28 Five Elms Primary School Dagenham 61.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
29 William Bellamy Primary School Dagenham 61.0% Good improving about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
30 Valence Primary School Dagenham hidden gem 60.0% Good declining about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
31 Gascoigne Primary School Barking 59.0% Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
32 Roding Primary School Dagenham hidden gem 59.0% Good undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
33 Marsh Green Primary School Dagenham 58.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
34 Dorothy Barley Junior Academy Dagenham 57.0% Good — approximate
35 Grafton Primary School Dagenham hidden gem 56.0% Outstanding improving about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
36 Southwood Primary School Dagenham 56.0% Good about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
37 Becontree Primary School Dagenham 53.0% Good about even 1.05 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
38 Rose Lane Primary School Romford 48.0% Requires improvement declining about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
39 Eastbury Primary School Barking hidden gem 45.0% Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Barking and Dagenham

5 further primary schools with no published Met expected standard (RWM) for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Barking and Dagenham, not a fairer one.

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