Beam Primary School

State-Funded School

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LondonRegion

Barking and DagenhamLocal Authority

Dagenham and RainhamConstituency

RM10 9EDPostcode

8.6

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Beam Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Barking and Dagenham, London.

It currently serves 559 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 77%
Higher standard: 13%
Reading score: 109
Maths score: 108

Ethnicity

White

23%

Asian

35%

Black

31%

Mixed

10%

Any other group

Pupils

559

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

22%

England average

27%

First language not English

73%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 559
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
7 Sept 2025	Outstanding	Good	Outstanding	Outstanding	Not judged
20 Jun 2011	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.