Thomas Arnold Primary School, Rowdowns Road
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Dagenham, Barking and Dagenham
Thomas Arnold Primary School, Rowdowns Road is a primary school in Dagenham, Barking and Dagenham for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 March 2024. Barking and Dagenham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2025 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Thomas Arnold Primary School, Rowdowns Road, Rowdowns Road, Dagenham, RM9 6NH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Barking and Dagenham
- Pupils on roll
- 454 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 March 2024
Strengths
- “Thomas Arnold is a warm and welcoming school.”
- “Pupils are friendly to staff and visitors alike.”
- “They are polite and behave well in lessons and at playtimes.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, the school has not identified in sufficient detail the knowledge and skills that pupils should learn and the order in which they learn them.”
- “Other subjects need further time to embed so that assessment is consistently well used to gauge what pupils have learned.”
- “In these instances, some pupils do not secure as deep a body of knowledge or understanding.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 May 2024 (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) | 73% | 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: 44 first-preference applications, 44 offers in total, 44 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Reception 2017 to 2025, as Barking and Dagenham published it, drawn on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Earlier years of exam results
- Which schools pupils move on to or come from
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Barking and Dagenham.
- Godwin Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Village Infants' School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- William Ford CofE Junior School 0.3 mi Good
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Parsloes Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Marsh Green Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The James Cambell Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Richard Alibon Primary School with ARP for Cognitive and Learning Difficulties : SEN Base 0.8 mi Good Last distance published