Ofsted inspection · 14/03/2024
Overview of Thomas Arnold Primary School, Rowdowns Road · Primary · Barking and Dagenham
How does this school perform?
Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17
Subject breakdown
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
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All years · Historical DfE data by academic year
Primary — Key Stage 2
Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.
| Year | RWM expected | RWM higher | Reading exp. | Reading hi. | Writing exp. | Writing hi. | Maths exp. | Maths hi. | Science | SPAG exp. | Read. score | Maths score | GPS score | Reading prog. | Writing prog. | Maths prog. | SEN | Cohort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 73% | 8% | 86% | 55% | 73% | 10% | 84% | 43% | 82% | 84% | 109.0 | 109.0 | 109.0 | — | — | — | 25% | 451 |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 10% | 66% | 39% | 73% | 12% | 80% | 31% | 80% | 76% | 105.0 | 107.0 | 108.0 | — | — | — | 24% | 462 |
| 2022/23 | 63% | 5% | 81% | 26% | 73% | 8% | 82% | 19% | 94% | 76% | 106.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 | +0.00 | -0.80 | +0.60 | 25% | 454 |
| 2018/19 | 75% | 20% | 86% | 43% | 86% | 25% | 86% | 46% | 91% | 70% | 108.0 | 107.0 | 104.0 | +3.40 | +2.20 | +2.90 | 20% | 425 |
| 2017/18 | 72% | 9% | 83% | 27% | 83% | 24% | 87% | 43% | 94% | 83% | 106.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 | +2.00 | +1.60 | +3.00 | 17% | 437 |
| 2016/17 | 51% | 3% | 61% | 8% | 69% | 14% | 71% | 19% | 68% | 64% | 100.0 | 103.0 | 101.0 | -3.00 | -0.60 | -0.90 | 16% | 461 |
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
Pupils & absence
| Year | Pupils | Pupil:teacher | SEN | EAL | FSM ever | Absence | Persistent absence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 451 | 18.9 | 25% | 68% | 33% | 6% | 19% |
| 2023/24 | 462 | 18.6 | 24% | 68% | 37% | 7% | 25% |
| 2022/23 | 454 | 20.1 | 25% | 65% | 37% | 7% | 25% |
| 2021/22 | 417 | 20.6 | 22% | 62% | 41% | 6% | 22% |
| 2020/21 | 415 | 19.1 | 20% | 62% | 40% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 425 | 20.5 | 20% | 57% | 32% | 5% | 15% |
| 2017/18 | 437 | 24.1 | 17% | 55% | 36% | 4% | 8% |
| 2016/17 | 461 | 25.0 | 16% | 54% | 40% | 4% | 11% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.