Bowes Road, Dagenham, Essex RM8 2XJ
10 reasons to choose The St Teresa Catholic Primary School, Dagenham
Top line
The St Teresa Catholic Primary School, Dagenham has a Schoolsmith Score® of 70. It is one of the best state primary schools in Dagenham and one of the 4 best independent or state primaries within 2 miles.
School fundamentals
The St Teresa Catholic Primary School, Dagenham is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a Roman Catholic academy converter faith school. The school is one of the 7 members of The Good Shepherd Catholic Trust. The school was also rated as Outstanding by Ofsted in its last (2014) inspection. It is one of the 5 most oversubscribed state primary schools for first preference Reception place applications in the Barking and Dagenham LEA.
Average class size
The St Teresa Catholic Primary School, Dagenham has one class per year, and an average class size of 29 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that The St Teresa Catholic Primary School, Dagenham ranks in the top 10% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 22% of schools.
The The St Teresa Catholic Primary School, Dagenham curriculum
School curriculum emphasises Catholic social morality and also includes PSHE, French. Foundation subjects are taught through thematic International Primary Curriculum topics. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups and visiting speakers.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at The St Teresa Catholic Primary School, Dagenham
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at The St Teresa Catholic Primary School, Dagenham
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
School hours are from 9.00am to 3.10pm though after school clubs may extend the day to 4.15pm.
Find another school near The St Teresa Catholic Primary School, Dagenham
Eastcourt Independent School (1.7 miles); Beehive Preparatory School (4.1 miles).
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Immanuel School (5.6 miles).
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