Five Elms Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Dagenham, 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 →Five Elms Primary School 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 6 October 2022. Barking and Dagenham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2025 entry.
Five Elms 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 | Not published |
| 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 School remains Good (6 October 2022), and the 8 nearest primary schools in Barking and Dagenham are all rated Good.
- In 2024/25, 61% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 40 first-choice applications for 40 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
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
- Wood Lane, Five Elms Primary School, Dagenham, RM9 5TB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Barking and Dagenham
- Pupils on roll
- 460 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 6 October 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school.”
- “They typically described the teachers as ‘great’ and learning as ‘fun’.”
- “Staff know the pupils well, which helps to create a safe environment for pupils to learn and flourish.”
To improve
- “However, pupils’ understanding of subject-specific vocabulary is not as secure in all subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 November 2022 (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) | 61% | 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: 40 first-preference applications, 40 offers in total, 40 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.
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Grafton Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- William Bellamy Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Southwood Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Richard Alibon Primary School with ARP for Cognitive and Learning Difficulties : SEN Base 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Valence Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hunters Hall Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Parsloes Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published