Five Elms Primary School
Wood Lane, Dagenham, RM9 5TB
460 pupils · 93% of 496 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Free school meals
- 29.3%
Ofsted
Good (2022) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)
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 6 October 2022, published 24 November 2022. 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 | 61% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 0% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1 first-choice application per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 40 | 40 | 207 | 40 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 49 | 49 | 204 | 49 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 56 | 50 | 248 | 56 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 49 | 48 | 258 | 49 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 37 | 30 | 204 | 37 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 49 | 45 | 247 | 49 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 51 | 44 | 258 | 51 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 45 | 39 | 218 | 45 |
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
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.3 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Grafton Primary School 0.5 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- William Bellamy Primary School 0.8 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Southwood Primary School 0.8 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Richard Alibon Primary School with ARP for Cognitive and Learning Difficulties : SEN Base 0.9 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Valence Primary School 1 km · Good — confirmed 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.