Beam Primary School
Oval Road North, Dagenham, RM10 9ED
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Tracey Whittington
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Dagenham and Rainham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 592
- Pupils on roll
- 559
- URN
- 101202
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02082704700
About this school
Beam Primary School is a community primary school in Dagenham. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 559 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Beam Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 84 | 83 | 79 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 67% | 77% | 76% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 8% | 13% | 18% |
| Expected standard in reading | 82% | 83% | 89% |
| Expected standard in maths | 80% | 84% | 86% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 81% | 84% | 92% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 109.0 | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 108.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.10 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Beam Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Barking and Dagenham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 67% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 77% | 62.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 76% | 64.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 606 |
| 2023/24 | 599 |
| 2024/25 | 588 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Beam Primary School compares
Beam Primary School ranked 12th of 43 primary schools in Barking and Dagenham for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 80% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 76% | 4.2% | 24.9% | 559 | — |
| Newtons Primary School | 59% | 5.7% | 26.2% | 459 | 0.3 miles |
| Park Primary Academy | — | — | — | 24 | 0.3 miles |
| The Leys Primary School | 70% | 6.3% | 31.2% | 377 | 0.5 miles |
| Marsh Green Primary School | 58% | 4.3% | 32.9% | 367 | 0.6 miles |
| Village Infants' School | — | 6.4% | 25.8% | 296 | 0.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 24.86%
- English as an additional language
- 76.2%
- Overall absence
- 4.23%
- Persistent absence
- 10.33%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Newtons Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Rainham
-
Park Primary Academy0.3 miles
Primary · Rainham
-
The Leys Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Dagenham
-
Marsh Green Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Dagenham
-
Village Infants' School0.9 miles
Primary · Dagenham
Other schools in Dagenham
Beam Primary School ranks 5th of the 29 ranked primary schools in Dagenham.
- Becontree Primary School Primary
- Dorothy Barley Infants' School Primary
- Dorothy Barley Junior Academy Primary
- Five Elms Primary School Primary
- Godwin Primary School Primary
- Grafton Primary School Primary
- Henry Green Primary School Primary
- Hunters Hall Primary School Primary
- John Perry Primary School Primary
- Manor Primary School Primary
- Marsh Green Primary School Primary
- Monteagle Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Beam Primary School teach?
- Beam Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Dagenham.
- Who is the headteacher of Beam Primary School?
- The headteacher of Beam Primary School is Ms Tracey Whittington, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Beam Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Beam Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Beam Primary School?
- Beam Primary School has 559 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Beam Primary School full?
- Beam Primary School has capacity for 592 pupils and 559 on roll (94%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Beam Primary School a faith school?
- No. Beam Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Beam Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Beam Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Beam Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 67% in 2022/23 and 76% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Beam Primary School compare with other schools in Barking and Dagenham?
- Beam Primary School ranked 12th of 43 primary schools in Barking and Dagenham for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 80% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Beam Primary School's absence rate?
- Beam Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Beam Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Beam Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.