Grafton Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Dagenham, Barking and Dagenham
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
0.58 miles
Published by London Borough of Barking and Dagenham · offers on 16 April 2025
Reception last distance offered, 2017–2025 (miles)
Grafton Primary School is a primary school in Dagenham, Barking and Dagenham for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 2 April 2025. Barking and Dagenham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2025 entry.
Grafton Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2025 | 0.58 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 1.22 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 1.22 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.49 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.43 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.48 mi |
| Reception 2019 | Not published |
| Reception 2018 | Not published |
| Reception 2017 | 0.84 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2025: the last child offered a place lived 0.58 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 6 Barking and Dagenham primary schools with a published last distance (this one included).
- For Reception, the 2025 last distance was nearer the school than in 2024 and nearer than in 2017, having swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 103 first-choice applications for 109 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Barking and Dagenham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Grafton Primary School, Grafton Road, Dagenham, RM8 3EX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Barking and Dagenham
- Pupils on roll
- 892 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 2 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils take immense pride in contributing to the inclusive community at Grafton.”
- “They speak passionately about their keen sense of belonging and how everyone is accepted.”
- “They feel safe at school and trust staff to address any issues that might arise.”
To improve
- “Leaders recognise that outcomes for some pupils at the end of key stage 2 are not as high as they would expect.”
- “However, this work is not as well embedded with older pupils at the early stages of reading.”
- “Some of these pupils struggle to read with the accuracy and confidence they need.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 May 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 56% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 103 first-preference applications, 109 offers in total, 103 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Barking and Dagenham.
- Five Elms Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Valence Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Southwood Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- William Bellamy Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Henry Green Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Vincent's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Richard Alibon Primary School with ARP for Cognitive and Learning Difficulties : SEN Base 0.9 mi Good Last distance published