Living in Dagenham with children
Dagenham, Barking and Dagenham and Redbridge. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date.
Schools
37 schools: 28 state primary, 9 state secondaryDagenham on the schools map →Every school in Dagenham, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (28)
| School | Inspection | League table | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| The St Teresa Catholic Primary School | Good | Top 5% · 3rd in Barking and Dagenham | — |
| Beam Primary School | Good | Top 25% · 6th in Barking and Dagenham | — |
| Monteagle Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 25% · 9th in Barking and Dagenham | — |
| The Leys Primary School | School remains Good | Top half · 10th in Barking and Dagenham | — |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary School | Good | Top half · 12th in Barking and Dagenham | — |
| Henry Green Primary School | School remains Good | Top half · 13th in Barking and Dagenham | — |
| Parsloes Primary School | School remains Good | Top half · 14th in Barking and Dagenham | — |
| Five Elms Primary School | School remains Good | Top half · 16th in Barking and Dagenham | — |
| Thomas Arnold Primary School, Rowdowns Road | School remains Good | Top half · 18th in Barking and Dagenham | — |
| John Perry Primary School | School remains Good | Top half · 19th in Barking and Dagenham | — |
| Richard Alibon Primary School with ARP for Cognitive and Learning Difficulties : SEN Base | Good | Top half · 21st in Barking and Dagenham | — |
| Hunters Hall Primary School | School remains Good | Top half · 23rd in Barking and Dagenham | — |
| The James Cambell Primary School | Good | Top half · 24th in Barking and Dagenham | — |
| Marsh Green Primary School | School remains Good | Lower half · 25th in Barking and Dagenham | — |
| William Ford CofE Junior School | Good | Lower half · 26th in Barking and Dagenham | — |
| St Vincent's Catholic Primary School | Standards maintained | Lower half · 27th in Barking and Dagenham | — |
| Manor Primary School | School remains Good | Lower half · 28th in Barking and Dagenham | — |
| William Bellamy Primary School | School remains Good | Lower half · 29th in Barking and Dagenham | — |
| Godwin Primary School | Standards maintained | Lower half · 30th in Barking and Dagenham | — |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | School remains Good | Lower half · 34th in Barking and Dagenham | — |
| Becontree Primary School | Good | Lower half · 35th in Barking and Dagenham | — |
| Roding Primary School | School remains Good | Lower half · 36th in Barking and Dagenham | — |
| Southwood Primary School | Good | Lower half · 37th in Barking and Dagenham | — |
| Grafton Primary School | Standards maintained | Lower half · 38th in Barking and Dagenham | — |
| Dorothy Barley Junior Academy | Good | Lower half · 39th in Barking and Dagenham | — |
| Valence Primary School | School remains Good | Lower half · 42nd in Barking and Dagenham | — |
| Dorothy Barley Infants' School | Standards maintained | — | — |
| Village Infants' School | Standards maintained | — | — |
State secondary schools (9)
| School | Inspection | League table | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goresbrook School | Outstanding | Top 10% · 1st in Barking and Dagenham | 1.317 miles (2026) |
| All Saints Catholic School and Technology College | Outstanding | Top 25% · 3rd in Barking and Dagenham | 1.077 miles (2026) |
| The Sydney Russell School | Ofsted report card | Top 25% · 4th in Barking and Dagenham | 0.847 miles (2026) |
| Robert Clack School | Good | Top half · 6th in Barking and Dagenham | — |
| Jo Richardson Community School | Outstanding | Top half · 7th in Barking and Dagenham | 1.356 miles (2026) |
| Mayfield School | School remains Good | Lower half · 17th in Redbridge | — |
| Dagenham Park CofE School | Standards maintained | Lower half · 11th in Barking and Dagenham | — |
| Brook Sixth Form and Academy | Good | Lower half · 12th in Barking and Dagenham | — |
| Eastbrook School | Ofsted report card | Lower half · 13th in Barking and Dagenham | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)We don't hold Land Registry sales for Dagenham yet, so its typical prices are unknown here.
Look up a home in Dagenham →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 95% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 99%, on average across the 1,596 postcodes in RM9, RM8, RM10. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 2 outstanding; 21 good, or expected standard; 2 requires improvement; 11 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £8.63 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 36 in Barking and Dagenham.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 19 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Barking and Dagenham
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Barking and Dagenham · Redbridge.
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