Beam Primary School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Primary
- School rating
- Good Jul 2 2025 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 3 - 11 y.o.
- Type
- Local authority maintained schools
- Funding
- State-funded primary
- Admissions policy
- Not applicable
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Unique reference
- 101202
- Address
- Oval Road North, RM10 9ED
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 588 (98% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 50.0%
- Girls
- 50.0%
- First language not English
- 76.2%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 21.3%
- Persistent absence
- 10.3%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 18.7%
African 27.4%
Bangladeshi 14.1%
Pakistani 12.8%
Other White 11.7%
Mixed 9.3%
Indian 7.5%
White British 6.3%
Caribbean 2.9%
Gypsy/Roma 2.4%
Other Asian 2.2%
Other Black 1.9%
Other 1.7%
Exam Results
Primary Results
Progress score in reading, writing and maths
ReadingAverage1.3
WritingAverage-0.9
MathsAverage1.1
Pupils meeting EXPECTED standard in reading, writing and maths
School 77%
Local authority average 66%
England average 62%
Pupils achieving at a HIGHER standard in reading, writing and maths
School 13%
Local authority average 8%
England average 8%
Average score in reading
School 109
Local authority average 106
England average 106
Average score in maths
School 108
Local authority average 106
England average 105
Local authority average: Year 2024-2025
National average: Year 2024-2025
Admissions
Beam Primary School
- Admission Policy
- n/a
- Total available places
- 60
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 57
- 2nd preference
- 39
- 3rd preference
- 22
- From another Local Authority
- 26
Offers
- 1st preference
- 57
- 2nd preference
- 0
- 3rd preference
- 2
- To another Local Authority
- 4
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 25.8 |
| Average size of key stage 1 classes taught by one teacher | 23.7 |
| Average size of key stage 2 classes taught by one teacher | 26.5 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Nursery Year 2, Part-time | 41 17 24 |
| Nursery Year 2, Full-time | 16 3 13 |
| Reception, Full-time | 67 32 35 |
| Year 1 | 64 36 28 |
| Year 2 | 82 42 40 |
| Year 3 | 75 42 33 |
| Year 4 | 83 41 42 |
| Year 5 | 82 39 43 |
| Year 6 | 78 42 36 |