Rush Green Primary School

Rush Green Primary School is performing exceptionally well. Inspectors found a highly inclusive school with very high ambitions for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, and a curriculum that is carefully sequenced from early years through to Year 6. Pupils achieve very well, read fluently and confidently, and benefit from expert teaching and strong support when they fall behind. Behaviour and attitudes are exemplary, and pupils’ personal development is a particular strength. The school offers a wide range of memorable experiences, leadership opportunities and extra-curricular activities, and pupils are confident, articulate and well prepared for the next stage of their education. Leadership is highly effective at all levels, governors provide strong support and challenge, and staff value the school’s approach to managing workload. Safeguarding arrangements are effective. The inspection did not identify any significant areas of concern. The school has three specialist resourced provisions for pupils with high needs, including speech and language and autism-related needs, and these pupils are well supported to progress and develop socially and communicatively. Overall, this is a school with no notable weaknesses in the areas inspected.

Strengths

• Highly inclusive environment with no limits placed on what pupils can achieve
• Highly ambitious and meticulously sequenced curriculum across the school
• Exceptional early years provision, including early reading and musical notation in Reception
• Strong phonics teaching that helps pupils become fluent and confident readers
• Expert teaching staff who check learning and address misconceptions rapidly
• Highly effective provision and support for pupils with SEND, including specialist resourced provisions
• Exemplary pupil behaviour, attendance and attitudes to learning
• Exceptional personal development programme with wide-ranging experiences and leadership opportunities
• Strong pastoral systems and a calm, orderly environment
• Highly effective leadership at all levels, with strong governor support and challenge
• Positive staff climate and thoughtful approaches to managing workload
• Effective safeguarding arrangements

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Rush Green Primary School attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.7% of pupils at Rush Green Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Rush Green Primary School had 20.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 2.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 24.9% of pupils at Rush Green Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Rush Green Primary School received £7,334 and spent £7,808 for each of its 825 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £29,000 (£36 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Rush Green Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Rush Green Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in September 2025.

When was Rush Green Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Rush Green Primary School was last inspected in September 2025.

How many pupils does Rush Green Primary School have?

Rush Green Primary School has 840 pupils on roll.

What age range does Rush Green Primary School cover?

Rush Green Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Rush Green Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 89% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Rush Green Primary School?

Rush Green Primary School is at Dagenham Road, Rush Green, Romford, Essex, RM7 0RL.