Becontree Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Dagenham, Barking and Dagenham
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
0.56 miles
Published by London Borough of Barking and Dagenham · offers on 16 April 2025
Reception last distance offered, 2018–2025 (miles)
Becontree Primary School is a primary school in Dagenham, Barking and Dagenham for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 18 July 2023. Barking and Dagenham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2025 entry.
Becontree 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 | 0.56 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.56 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.54 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 1.18 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 3.72 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.51 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.43 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.45 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.40 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2025, the last child offered a place lived 0.56 miles away, the shortest of 6 Barking and Dagenham primary schools with a published last distance.
- For Reception 2026, there were 63 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 53 offers went to first-choice families and 10 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 53% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%).
- Among 8 schools (this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Barking and Dagenham that have results), the 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was lowest.
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
- Stevens Road, Dagenham, RM8 2QR
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Barking and Dagenham
- Pupils on roll
- 458 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 18 July 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders have developed a highly inclusive culture that ensures everyone is welcome.”
- “Pupils and staff are proud of their school and follow their motto of respecting one another.”
- “Pupils feel a strong sense of community.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes they do not consistently identify and clarify pupils’ misunderstandings during lessons.”
- “This means that on occasions pupils are not fully ready to learn new content and concepts.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 September 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) | 53% | 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: 63 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 53 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 Vincent's Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The St Teresa Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Henry Green Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Valence Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Dorothy Barley Junior Academy 0.7 mi Good
- Dorothy Barley Infants' School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Southwood Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Roding Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published