Village Infants' School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–7 · Dagenham, Barking and Dagenham
Village Infants' School is a primary school in Dagenham, Barking and Dagenham for ages 3–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 5 March 2025. Barking and Dagenham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2025 entry.
Open on the map Unlock with a pass · £9.99
Key facts
- Address
- Ford Road, Dagenham, RM10 9JS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Barking and Dagenham
- Pupils on roll
- 296 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 5 March 2025
Strengths
- “This school is caring of and ambitious for all its pupils.”
- “It enables pupils to feel safe and happy.”
- “The staff work hard to help pupils achieve success.”
To improve
- “In some areas in the early years, the essential knowledge for certain activities is not always well defined.”
- “This can mean concepts are not always learned.”
- “These checks are not used regularly in some subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 April 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 70 first-preference applications, 71 offers in total, 70 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
A one-off £9.99 pass, no subscription, unlocks for 3 months:
- Last distance offered for Reception 2017 to 2025, as Barking and Dagenham published it, drawn on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- 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.
- William Ford CofE Junior School 0.0 mi Good
- Thomas Arnold Primary School, Rowdowns Road 0.3 mi School remains 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
- Godwin Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Hunters Hall Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Richard Alibon Primary School with ARP for Cognitive and Learning Difficulties : SEN Base 0.6 mi Good Last distance published