Roding 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 →Roding 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 18 May 2023. Barking and Dagenham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2025 entry.
Roding 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
- In January 2026 there were 892 pupils on roll, with 19.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.7 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Barking and Dagenham.
- For Reception in 2026, there were 4 first-choice applications for 5 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer, the lowest of 39 Barking and Dagenham primary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Reception place in 2026, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked the school second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 59% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% 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
- Cannington Road, Dagenham, RM9 4BL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Barking and Dagenham
- Pupils on roll
- 892 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 18 May 2023
Strengths
- “Although split across two sites, the school is a friendly, close-knit and welcoming community.”
- “Relationships between staff and pupils are built on mutual respect.”
- “Pupils try to live out the school’s values of being responsible, respectful, resilient, optimistic, caring and creative.”
To improve
- “However, occasionally, teaching does not focus fully on helping pupils to recall prior knowledge accurately.”
- “Consequently, from time to time, some pupils struggle to remember aspects of learning.”
- “This makes it harder for them to make links between new knowledge and previous learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 June 2023 (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) | 59% | 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: 4 first-preference applications, 5 offers in total, 4 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.
- Dorothy Barley Infants' School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Dorothy Barley Junior Academy 0.4 mi Good
- The St Teresa Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Monteagle Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The James Cambell Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Manor Junior School 0.8 mi Not judged
- Manor Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Southwood Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published