Rush Green Primary School
Dagenham Road, Rush Green, Romford, RM7 0RL
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr S Abeledo
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Dagenham and Rainham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 840
- Pupils on roll
- 840
- URN
- 101212
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02082704940
About this school
Rush Green Primary School is a community primary school in Romford. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 840 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 108 | 102 | 108 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 75% | 89% | 89% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 13% | 22% | 22% |
| Expected standard in reading | 92% | 95% | 96% |
| Expected standard in maths | 82% | 93% | 95% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 90% | 95% | 94% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 111.0 | 110.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 110.0 | 111.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.10 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Rush Green Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Barking and Dagenham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 75% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 89% | 62.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 89% | 64.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 842 |
| 2023/24 | 824 |
| 2024/25 | 823 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Rush Green Primary School compares
Rush Green Primary School ranked 1st of 43 primary schools in Barking and Dagenham for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 97% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 89% | 4.8% | 20.8% | 840 | — |
| Concordia Academy | 81% | 4.9% | 20.8% | 597 | 0.6 miles |
| Harrow Lodge Primary School | 70% | 4.7% | 28.7% | 456 | 0.7 miles |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | 68% | 3.9% | 8.4% | 414 | 0.8 miles |
| Crowlands Primary School | 80% | 5.8% | 22.3% | 669 | 0.9 miles |
| William Bellamy Primary School | 61% | 7% | 31.1% | 795 | 1.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 20.75%
- English as an additional language
- 47.6%
- Overall absence
- 4.82%
- Persistent absence
- 12.55%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Concordia Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Romford
-
Harrow Lodge Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Hornchurch
-
St Mary's Catholic Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Hornchurch
-
Crowlands Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Romford
-
William Bellamy Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Dagenham
Other schools in Romford
Rush Green Primary School ranks 2nd of the 34 ranked primary schools in Romford.
- Barley Lane Primary School Primary
- Broadford Primary School Primary
- Chadwell Primary School Primary
- Clockhouse Primary School Primary
- Concordia Academy Primary
- Crowlands Primary School Primary
- Crownfield Infant School Primary
- Crownfield Junior School Primary
- Dame Tipping Church of England Primary School Primary
- Drapers' Brookside Infant School Primary
- Drapers' Brookside Junior School Primary
- Drapers' Maylands Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Rush Green Primary School teach?
- Rush Green Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Romford.
- Who is the headteacher of Rush Green Primary School?
- The headteacher of Rush Green Primary School is Mr S Abeledo, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Rush Green Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Rush Green Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Rush Green Primary School?
- Rush Green Primary School has 840 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Rush Green Primary School full?
- Rush Green Primary School has capacity for 840 pupils and 840 on roll (100%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Rush Green Primary School a faith school?
- No. Rush Green Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Rush Green Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Rush Green Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Rush Green Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 75% in 2022/23 and 89% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Rush Green Primary School rank locally?
- Rush Green Primary School ranked 1st of 43 primary schools in Barking and Dagenham for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 97% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Rush Green Primary School's absence rate?
- Rush Green Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Rush Green Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Rush Green Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.