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Rush Green Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Dagenham Road, Rush Green, Romford RM7 0RL · rushgreenprimary.org.uk · 020 8270 4940
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 89%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Barking and Dagenham 67%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 840
- At capacity · 840 places
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 16.4%
- First language not English
- 49.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 119 families put the school first and 120 places were offered; 94% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 120 | 119 | 1 | 94% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 115 | 112 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 96 | 92 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 109 | 102 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 113 | 107 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 89% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 22% the higher standard. Across Barking and Dagenham it was 67%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲89% | 62% | ||
| ▲22% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲110 | 106 | ||
| ▲111 | 105 | ||
| ▲113 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Rush Green Primary School on 8 July 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 8 Jul 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, Mar 2024
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2024Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2018Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Jul 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Nov 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
98% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (247 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 98%
- Replies
- 247
- 30% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 57% who raised concerns
based on the 26% who had a child bullied
based on 22 parents (9%) with SEND