Southwood Primary School
Keppel Road, Dagenham, RM9 5LT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Scott Halliwell
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Barking
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 593
- URN
- 131845
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02082704915
About this school
Southwood Primary School is a community primary school in Dagenham. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 593 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Southwood 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- 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 | 89 | 84 | 59 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 56% | 51% | 56% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 2% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 65% | 63% | 66% |
| Expected standard in maths | 76% | 60% | 71% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 55% | 68% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.90 | - | - |
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 Southwood 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 | 56% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 51% | 62.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 56% | 64.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 618 |
| 2023/24 | 633 |
| 2024/25 | 591 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Southwood Primary School compares
Southwood Primary School ranked 39th of 43 primary schools in Barking and Dagenham for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 31% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 41% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 56% | 5.9% | 31% | 593 | — |
| Roding Primary School | 59% | 5.2% | 28.8% | 892 | 0.4 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | 67% | 3.4% | 19.3% | 277 | 0.4 miles |
| The St Teresa Catholic Primary School | 83% | 4% | 13.2% | 230 | 0.4 miles |
| Valence Primary School | 60% | 5.1% | 27.8% | 848 | 0.5 miles |
| Five Elms Primary School | 61% | 5.8% | 34.4% | 460 | 0.5 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 31.03%
- English as an additional language
- 58.2%
- Overall absence
- 5.85%
- Persistent absence
- 19.43%
Location
Nearby schools
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Roding Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Dagenham
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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Dagenham
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The St Teresa Catholic Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Dagenham
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Valence Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Dagenham
-
Five Elms Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Dagenham
Other schools in Dagenham
Southwood Primary School ranks 27th of the 29 ranked primary schools in Dagenham.
- Beam Primary School Primary
- 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
Common questions
- What ages does Southwood Primary School teach?
- Southwood Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Dagenham.
- Who is the headteacher of Southwood Primary School?
- The headteacher of Southwood Primary School is Mr Scott Halliwell, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Southwood Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Southwood 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 Southwood Primary School?
- Southwood Primary School has 593 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Southwood Primary School full?
- Southwood Primary School has capacity for 630 pupils and 593 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 Southwood Primary School a faith school?
- No. Southwood Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Southwood Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Southwood Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Southwood Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 56% in 2022/23 and 56% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Southwood Primary School compare with other schools in Barking and Dagenham?
- Southwood Primary School ranked 39th of 43 primary schools in Barking and Dagenham for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 31% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 41% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Southwood Primary School's absence rate?
- Southwood Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Southwood Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Southwood 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 30 June 2026.