Thomas Arnold Primary School, Rowdowns Road

State-Funded School

thomas-arnold-primary-school-rowdowns-road-barking-and-dagenham-london

LondonRegion

Barking and DagenhamLocal Authority

Dagenham and RainhamConstituency

RM9 6NHPostcode

6.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

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

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 454 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 63%
Higher standard: 10%
Reading score: 105
Maths score: 107

Ethnicity

White

42%

Asian

33%

Black

18%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

454

Total Pupils

54%Boys

46%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

26%

England average

27%

First language not English

67%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

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: 454
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 14 March 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
11 Sept 2014	Outstanding	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.