Beam Primary School
Oval Road North, Dagenham, RM10 9ED
559 pupils · 94% of 592 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Free school meals
- 23.4%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 2 July 2025, published 7 September 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 76% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 18% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.92 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 71 | 65 | 160 | 71 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 60 | 57 | 151 | 60 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 64 | 63 | 153 | 64 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 57 | 55 | 150 | 57 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 73 | 70 | 150 | 73 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 61 | 61 | 151 | 61 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 63 | 61 | 157 | 63 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 71 | 68 | 161 | 71 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Newtons Primary School 0.5 km · Standards maintained (2024)
- Park Primary Academy 0.5 km · No Ofsted rating
- The Leys Primary School 0.9 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Marsh Green Primary School 0.9 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Village Infants' School 1.4 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- William Ford CofE Junior School 1.4 km · Good (2024) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.