Southwood Primary School
Keppel Road, Dagenham, RM9 5LT
593 pupils · 94% of 630 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Free school meals
- 28.9%
Ofsted
Good (2023) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 3 July 2023, published 18 September 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 56% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 7% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.98 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 57 | 56 | 103 | 57 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 63 | 59 | 110 | 63 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 40 | 40 | 102 | 40 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 48 | 48 | 113 | 48 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 49 | 48 | 96 | 49 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 49 | 47 | 122 | 49 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 60 | 57 | 128 | 60 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 69 | 66 | 156 | 69 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Roding Primary School 0.6 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.6 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- The St Teresa Catholic Primary School 0.7 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Valence Primary School 0.8 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Five Elms Primary School 0.8 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Grafton Primary School 0.9 km · Standards maintained (2025)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.