Parsloes Primary School

Community school·Primary school Barking and Dagenham·RM9 5RH
Composite score
60.7
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#3,734
National rank
#836
In London
#12
In Barking and Dagenham
Top 25%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
70%
% achieving higher RWM
13%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
34 first choices, 34 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
129
any preference, for 34 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Parsloes Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
408
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
33.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
50.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
20.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
6.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,438
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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School overview

Parsloes Primary School is a primary school serving Barking and Dagenham, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 408 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 70% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 7.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 25% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 13% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Parsloes Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 34 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.2%. There are about 20.8 pupils per teacher. Parsloes Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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