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Manor Primary School

Primary · Dagenham · RM8 2FL

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 13 March 2024

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At a glance

1,135 pupils · 87% of 1,300 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
17.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
35.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://manorprimary.barking-dagenham.sch.uk
URN
101193

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 101 families named it first for 103 Reception places, 0.98 first choices per place. We hold 19 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2006 to 2025; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 13 March 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.98 first-choice applications per place

103 places offered · 101 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Cutoff by admission criterion (2025 entry)

Longbridge site
3.492 km (≈2.17 mi)

Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

92 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
64%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
11%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school64%
Median of its 12 closest peers75.5%
Barking and Dagenham average68.7%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Julian's SchoolLondon · 12 miles awayGood64%
Newport SchoolLondon · 5 miles awayOutstanding73%
Grafton Primary SchoolDagenham · 2 miles awayOutstanding (2019)56%
Isleworth Town Primary SchoolIsleworth · 19 miles awayGood70%
Glebe Farm SchoolMilton Keynes · 47 miles awayOutstanding65%
Downside Primary SchoolLuton · 34 miles awayNo current grade79%
Christ the Saviour Church of England Primary SchoolLondon · 18 miles awayGood82%
Sandhurst Primary SchoolLondon · 8 miles awayGood67%
Manor Junior SchoolBarking · under 1 mile awayGood78%
Selwyn Primary SchoolLondon · 6 miles awayOutstanding87%
Grange Park Primary SchoolLondon · 12 miles awayGood87%
Alfred Sutton Primary SchoolReading · 45 miles awayGood83%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: SEN unit.

SEN unit
12 of 12 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Bangladeshi 30% (Barking and Dagenham 16%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 18% (Barking and Dagenham 11%, England 5%) · Any other White background 10% (Barking and Dagenham 15%, England 7%) · Black African 9% (Barking and Dagenham 16%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 8% (Barking and Dagenham 7%, England 4%) · White British 7% (Barking and Dagenham 13%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Barking and Dagenham 4%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Barking and Dagenham 4%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Barking and Dagenham 2%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Barking and Dagenham 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Barking and Dagenham 2%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Barking and Dagenham 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Barking and Dagenham 2%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 1% (Barking and Dagenham 3%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Barking and Dagenham 1%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Barking and Dagenham 0%, England 1%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
18.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Barking and Dagenham: 0.75 suspensions and 0.02 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
22.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

90% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

74.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.8 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £65,415; 9.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£8,581
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (76%) · premises 9% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£958,418; in-year balance -£147,313

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher36.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications18.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work21.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways22.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health57.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier31.7%62.3%
Social housing38.7%17.1%
Privately rented29.4%20.5%
Detached houses5.3%22.9%
Flats50.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms22.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van34.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01034471 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£490,000348 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£345,000–£558,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (34)£582,500
Terraced (250)£500,000
Flat (64)£238,500

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
8an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
32an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
5an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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