Rose Lane Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Romford, Barking and Dagenham
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
Not published
From London Borough of Barking and Dagenham · offers on 16 April 2025
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →Rose Lane Primary School is a primary school in Romford, Barking and Dagenham for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 23 January 2024. Barking and Dagenham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2025 entry.
Rose Lane 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 | Not published |
| Reception 2024 | Not published |
| Reception 2023 | Not published |
| Reception 2022 | 1.62 mi |
| Reception 2021 | Not published |
| Reception 2020 | Not published |
| Reception 2019 | Not published |
| Reception 2018 | Not published |
| Reception 2017 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement (23 January 2024); the 8 nearest primary schools in Barking and Dagenham have 7 Good and 1 Outstanding.
- In 2024/25, 7% reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths (England 8%), while 48% met the expected standard (England 62%).
- 2024/25 reading, writing and maths: 48%, the lowest of 8 schools (this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Barking and Dagenham that have results).
- Reception 2026 had 47 first-choice applications for 49 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
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
- Rose Lane, Chadwell Heath, Romford, RM6 5NJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Barking and Dagenham
- Pupils on roll
- 582 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 23 January 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending Rose Lane Primary School.”
- “Much consideration has been given to pupils’ social and emotional development.”
- “This ensures pupils feel secure and are kept safe in school.”
To improve
- “While pupils learn effectively in some subjects, this is not consistent.”
- “There is too much variability in how well the curriculum is implemented, and expectations of what pupils can achieve are not high enough.”
- “For example, too many pupils do not read at the level expected for their age.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 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) | 48% | 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: 47 first-preference applications, 49 offers in total, 47 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.
- Warren Junior School 0.7 mi Outstanding
- Furze Infant School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Henry Green Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Grafton Primary School 1.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Vincent's Catholic Primary School 1.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Valence Primary School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- William Bellamy Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Becontree Primary School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published