School Chooser

Henry Green Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncil460 pupilsNursery Free breakfast clubDagenhamBarking and Dagenham
School Chooser Score
62
In line with
similar schools
Likely range 43 to 78
Out of 100. Better than 44% of the 50 schools most like it. Much the same over the last five years.
OfstedGoodConfirmed by Ofsted, December 2021
Reached the expected level at 1177%England 63%
Attendance94.1%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families23%A bit fewer than most schools
Places12 spare460 pupils, 472 places
Pupils per teacher23.0School workforce census

Henry Green Primary School is a council school in Dagenham for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 460 pupils and room for 472. About 23 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit fewer than at most schools. We give it 62 out of 100. That puts it in line with schools like it, ahead of 44% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2021.

Green Lane, Dagenham, RM8 1UR020 8270 4466henrygreen.org.ukHarriet Daley headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

A shorter visit on 1 December 2021 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.

Good overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.

This inspection is more than 4 years old. When Ofsted next visits, the school will get a report card instead of one grade.

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

60 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England.

Reached the expected level at 1177%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level7%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score108.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score105.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 77%77%20172018: 72%72%20182019: 80%80%20192023: 78%78%20232024: 73%73%20242025: 77%77%2025
Since 2017: +0%Steady overall
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure202520242023201920182017Barking and DagenhamEngland
Pupils tested605960605760
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths77%73%78%80%72%77%69%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths7%5%5%12%9%12%9%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score108.0106.0107.0107.0107.0106.0106.5105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score105.0105.0105.0108.0105.0107.0106.3104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score105.0106.0107.0107.0108.0110.0107.5105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard82%85%87%83%82%85%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard83%83%87%90%88%90%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)80%76%83%87%82%83%
Reading progressReading progress score+1.3+2.8+3.1+4.2
Maths progressMaths progress score+0.0+2.5+1.8+5.6
Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged65%59%64%77%60%81%
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged85%79%89%82%85%73%

There are no progress figures for 2025. That year group missed their Year 2 tests during Covid, so there was no starting point to measure from. Progress figures come back with the December 2026 results. Tests were cancelled altogether in 2020 and 2021.

Does every child do well here?

A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. 3 of the 4 gaps are smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.

At the end of primary school, 2025

Reached the expected level at 11Low-income pupils vs other pupils
65%85%
Gap 20 ptsEngland 21 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Boys vs girls
63%93%
Gap 30 ptsEngland 5 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Pupils learning English vs all pupils
79%77%
Gap 2 ptsEngland 4 pts
Reached the higher level at 11Low-income pupils vs all pupils
4%7%
Gap 3 ptsEngland 5 pts
First groupSecond groupEngland, each group

Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

Nearly full418 pupils for 420 places, 2024/25
100% full

Fewer than one place in twenty is empty, so in most years more families apply than there are places. Living close by, or already having a child here, makes a real difference. Pupil numbers have stayed about the same since 2021/22.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Barking and Dagenham council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.

Pupils on roll460Census January 2026
Places47297% full
Pupils from low-income families20%23% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English67%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support18%84 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan3%14 pupils with a plan
Average class size29.315 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils0%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)24%£155,000 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls236 / 224
White British pupils11%

Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 29.0 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 29.9 (England 27.3).

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (57), Autistic spectrum disorder (18), emotional and mental health (12), Moderate learning difficulty (7), Hearing impairment (1), Physical disability (1).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll460467470469470464
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals20%23%24%24%25%22%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language67%66%65%62%60%61%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support13%14%11%10%13%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans4%3%2%2%1%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 94.1% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance94.1%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school16.9%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils0.22024/25, no permanent exclusions
Missed without permission2.1%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212018/19England
Sessions missedOverall absence5.9%5.1%5.8%4.8%3.8%4.8%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence3.8%2.9%3.2%2.8%2.4%2.7%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence2.1%2.1%2.6%2.1%1.4%2.1%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence16.9%13.0%17.1%14.0%8.4%9.9%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate0.20.60.00.01.9
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions00000

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers19.0full-time equivalent, 20 people
Pupils per teacher23.0Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants17.4full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£60,954
Teachers who left in the year14%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher2.52024/25

Money

From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£7,507England £7,738. Total £3.3m
Income per pupil£7,511England £7,697. Total £3.3m
Spent on teachers per pupil£3,655England £3,480
Money in reserve2%Very little put by: £56k, £126 per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out+£1,954it took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£7,507spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m89412 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate76 per 1,000 people17% lower than the England average
Typical house price£375,000Barking and Dagenham
Nearest bus stop100 mGreenway, 18 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
St Vincent's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy440 m216Not inspected58Compare
Valence Primary SchoolCouncil520 m848Good 202435Compare
Al-Noor Voluntary Aided Muslim Primary SchoolMuslim800 m420Good 202389Compare
Chadwell Primary SchoolCouncil860 m675No overall grade 202552Compare
Goodmayes Primary SchoolCouncil890 m643Good 202473Compare
Becontree Primary SchoolCouncil900 m458Good 202331Compare
Grafton Primary SchoolCouncil960 m892Not inspected34Compare
Southwood Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles593Good 202319Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares Henry Green Primary School with the 50 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 50 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.

Beats44%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
In the lower half of its group. Its score of 62 is 6 points below the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 4 · middle 69 · highest 99100

Nearby schools with a similar mix of pupils that score higher

Of those 50 schools, these are within 25 km and score at least five points more than Henry Green Primary School, nearest first. A school with the same kind of pupils and a higher score is the fairest sign that it gets more out of them.

SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Thomas Arnold Primary School, Rowdowns RoadCouncil1.9 miles454Good 202470Compare
Concordia AcademyFree school2.2 miles597Not inspected92Compare
Beam Primary SchoolCouncil2.8 miles559No overall grade 202593Compare
Conway Primary SchoolCouncil5.4 miles430Good 202283Compare
St Fidelis Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic6.0 miles459Outstanding 202496Compare
Greenleaf Primary SchoolCouncil6.8 miles464Good 202293Compare
Redriff Primary, City of London AcademyAcademy8.2 miles456Outstanding 202399Compare
St Agnes' Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic14.6 miles439Outstanding 201997Compare

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 62 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 62% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 43 to 78. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.

What we looked atHow much it countsAgainst schools like itEffect on the scoreBased on
Results over three years25%above
+0.12
2025, 2024 and 2023 results; 60 pupils
Ofsted inspection16% (normally 20%, cut because the inspection is old)in line
+0.01
Ofsted grade, 4.8 years old
Progress pupils make20%in line
+0.07
DfE progress measure; 60 pupils
Direction of travel over five years10%in line
-0.01
results and attendance falling year on year
Attendance and behaviour10%below
-0.05
2024/25; 378 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils10%in line
+0.01
Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 60 pupils
What parents say0%no data

Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.

Questions parents ask

Is Henry Green Primary School a good school?

It is about average. Henry Green Primary School scores 62 out of 100. That is in line with schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 44% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 43 to 78, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much.

What is Henry Green Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated Henry Green Primary School good at its last full inspection on 1 December 2021. That was more than four years ago. When Ofsted next visits, the school will get a report card instead of a single grade.

How good are Henry Green Primary School's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 77% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 7% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does Henry Green Primary School have?

460 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 472 places, so it is 97% full.

Is Henry Green Primary School oversubscribed?

Often. Fewer than one place in twenty was empty in 2024/25, so popular year groups fill up.

What is attendance like at Henry Green Primary School?

Pupils were in school 94.1% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 17% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at Henry Green Primary School?

The average class had 29.3 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.

Does Henry Green Primary School have a breakfast club?

Yes. It is on the government's free breakfast club programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Green Lane, Dagenham, RM8 1UR
Telephone
020 8270 4466
Website
www.henrygreen.org.uk
Headteacher
Harriet Daley
Free breakfast club
Yes: on the government's programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school (listed since September 2026).
Type of school
Council school (Community school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Local authority
Barking and Dagenham
Ward
Valence
Constituency
Dagenham and Rainham
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
101229 · LAESTAB 3012066 · UKPRN 10071303

Where these figures come from