Green Park Community Primary School

Type Primary / Community school
Age Range 4-11
Religion Does not apply
Address The Linces
Buckland
Green Park Community Primary School
Dover
Kent
CT16 2BN
Phone 01304822663
Reference Number 135197

Green Park Community Primary School has maintained its outstanding judgment following an ungraded inspection. The school is known for its welcoming environment where pupils feel safe and valued. There are strong extracurricular offerings and a commitment to fostering pupils’ wider development. However, concerns were raised about the effectiveness of monitoring systems for assessing pupils' learning and curriculum implementation, which may impact the overall educational quality if not addressed. The inspectors recommend that a graded inspection be conducted in the near future to reassess these aspects.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 380
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.84%
Girls: 48.16%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 56.1%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 5.8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 27

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 18 30 48
2 32 26 58
3 27 25 52
4 28 27 55
5 33 23 56
6 29 28 57

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 87.6%
White, Other 3.7%
Unclassified 1.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.6%
Mixed, Other 1.3%
African 0.5%
White & Asian 0.3%
Indian 0.3%
Asian, Other 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating Outstanding
Last Report Date 24 May 2023
Date Report
24 May 2023 School inspection
31 Jan 2017 Full inspection:
21 Jun 2012 Full inspection:
09 Jul 2009 Curriculum and development visit
27 Nov 2008 Full inspection:

Strengths

  • Welcoming and inclusive environment for all pupils.
  • Strong emphasis on reading and effective phonics teaching.
  • High parental satisfaction and support.
  • Diverse extra-curricular activities available to pupils.
  • Strong pastoral support for pupils and their families.

Areas for Improvement

  • Monitoring systems for evaluating the quality of education are not effective.
  • Inconsistent implementation of foundation subjects.
  • Some weaknesses identified in the single central record for safeguarding.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 35%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 0%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 99
Maths 100

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -0.3
Writing 0
Maths -2.7

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Average Scaled Score

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 27 0
Third Preference 13 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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