Rose Lane Primary School
Rose Lane, Chadwell Heath, Romford, RM6 5NJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Jacqueline Barnard
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Ilford South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 664
- Pupils on roll
- 582
- URN
- 101224
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02082704438
About this school
Rose Lane Primary School is a community primary school in Romford. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 582 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Rose Lane Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 89 | 86 | 87 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 46% | 38% | 48% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 0% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 62% | 63% | 61% |
| Expected standard in maths | 56% | 55% | 61% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 70% | 60% | 60% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 101.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.80 | - | - |
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 Rose Lane 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 | 46% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 38% | 62.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 48% | 64.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 675 |
| 2023/24 | 655 |
| 2024/25 | 615 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Rose Lane Primary School compares
Rose Lane Primary School ranked 42nd of 43 primary schools in Barking and Dagenham for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 19% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 48% | 5.4% | 39% | 582 | — |
| Warren Junior School | 79% | 5.5% | 25% | 546 | 0.7 miles |
| St Bede's Catholic Primary School | 95% | 3.8% | 14.4% | 426 | 0.7 miles |
| Grove Primary School | 79% | 5.1% | 19.3% | 666 | 0.8 miles |
| Crownfield Junior School | 49% | 5.3% | 29.8% | 423 | 1.0 miles |
| Crownfield Infant School | — | 5.4% | 22.3% | 321 | 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 38.96%
- English as an additional language
- 55.4%
- Overall absence
- 5.36%
- Persistent absence
- 18.25%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Warren Junior School0.7 miles
Primary · Romford
-
St Bede's Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Romford
-
Grove Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Romford
-
Crownfield Junior School1.0 miles
Primary · Romford
-
Crownfield Infant School1.0 miles
Primary · Romford
Other schools in Romford
Rose Lane Primary School ranks 30th 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 ages does Rose Lane Primary School teach?
- Rose Lane Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Romford.
- Who is the headteacher of Rose Lane Primary School?
- The headteacher of Rose Lane Primary School is Ms Jacqueline Barnard, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Rose Lane Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Rose Lane 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 many pupils are at Rose Lane Primary School?
- Rose Lane Primary School has 582 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Rose Lane Primary School full?
- Rose Lane Primary School has capacity for 664 pupils and 582 on roll (88%), so it has space against 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 Rose Lane Primary School a faith school?
- No. Rose Lane Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Rose Lane Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Rose Lane Primary School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Rose Lane Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Rose Lane Primary School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Rose Lane Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 46% in 2022/23 and 48% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Rose Lane Primary School compare with other schools in Barking and Dagenham?
- Rose Lane Primary School ranked 42nd of 43 primary schools in Barking and Dagenham for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 19% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Rose Lane Primary School's absence rate?
- Rose Lane Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Rose Lane Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Rose Lane 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.