Rise Park Junior School

Rise Park Junior School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all inspected areas. Pupils enjoy their time at school and engage positively with their learning, supported by effective leadership and a well-structured curriculum. The school's focus on reading has successfully enhanced pupils' literacy skills, and efforts to promote positive behaviour have made notable strides, although some issues remain in the playground. Leaders are actively addressing these concerns and refining aspects of the curriculum to ensure all pupils build a secure knowledge foundation.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy coming to school and feel safe.
• The school has a well-structured and coherent curriculum.
• Reading is prioritized, with effective support for pupils facing challenges.
• Staff are attentive to pupils' needs, especially those with SEND.
• Pupils' personal development is well-catered for, including physical health.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistency in checking pupils' understanding in subjects other than reading and mathematics.
• Some subjects lack clarity on the necessary component knowledge for learning.
• Behaviour in the playground is not always inclusive.

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 Rise Park Junior School attended 95.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.1% 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, 1.1% of pupils at Rise Park Junior 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 Rise Park Junior School had 24.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 24.5% 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, 14.9% of pupils at Rise Park Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.7% 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 2024–25 Rise Park Junior School received £6,742 and spent £7,519 for each of its 350 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £375,000 (-£1,071 per pupil).

Across all 5 schools of Sfaet Ltd, income was £8,728 and spending £8,592 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Rise Park Junior School is part of Sfaet Ltd, which runs 5 schools. The nearest others:

• Rise Park Infant School Romford
• The Royal Liberty School Romford
• Redden Court School Romford
• Sanders Draper Hornchurch

What is Rise Park Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Rise Park Junior School is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Rise Park Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Rise Park Junior School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Rise Park Junior School have?

Rise Park Junior School has 350 pupils on roll.

What age range does Rise Park Junior School cover?

Rise Park Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Rise Park Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 40% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Rise Park Junior School?

Rise Park Junior School is at Annan Way, Rise Park, Romford, Essex, RM1 4UD.