School Chooser

Little Green Junior School

Primary · ages 7-11MixedCouncil346 pupilsRickmansworthHertfordshire
School Chooser Score
60
In line with
similar schools
Likely range 42 to 75
Out of 100. Better than 14% of the 50 schools most like it. Much the same over the last five years.
OfstedGoodConfirmed by Ofsted, March 2023
Reached the expected level at 1171%England 63%
Attendance96.7%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families7%Far fewer than most schools
Places14 spare346 pupils, 360 places
Pupils per teacher20.3School workforce census

Little Green Junior School is a council school in Rickmansworth for boys and girls aged 7 to 11. It has 346 pupils and room for 360. About 7 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. We give it 60 out of 100. That puts it in line with schools like it, ahead of 14% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2023.

Lincoln Drive, Croxley Green, Rickmansworth, WD3 3NJ01923 773861littlegreen.herts.sch.ukMr Duncan Roberts headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

A shorter visit on 14 March 2023 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.

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

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

Reached the expected level at 1171%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level10%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score106.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score106.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 73%73%20172018: 75%75%20182019: 77%77%20192023: 69%69%20232024: 74%74%20242025: 71%71%2025
Since 2017: -2%Steady overall
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure202520242023201920182017HertfordshireEngland
Pupils tested918690909190
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths71%74%69%77%75%73%64%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths10%12%12%27%26%20%10%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score106.0107.0107.0107.0108.0108.0106.6105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score106.0105.0105.0107.0107.0106.0105.2104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score106.0106.0107.0108.0108.0109.0106.1105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard84%90%84%86%87%86%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard84%78%80%80%82%82%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)82%88%83%89%90%88%
Reading progressReading progress score-2.1-0.3-0.8-0.6
Maths progressMaths progress score-2.5-1.7-1.2-2.4
Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged57%25%56%82%
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged76%82%77%72%

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. None of the gaps is 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 11Boys vs girls
68%74%
Gap 6 ptsEngland 5 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Pupils learning English vs all pupils
63%71%
Gap 8 ptsEngland 4 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 full357 pupils for 360 places, 2024/25
99% 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 Hertfordshire 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 roll346Census January 2026
Places36096% full
Pupils from low-income families7%7% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English15%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support15%52 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan4%15 pupils with a plan
Average class size29.29 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils33%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)6%£32,550 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls183 / 163
White British pupils56%

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (22), Moderate learning difficulty (18), language and communications needs (9), Autistic spectrum disorder (8), Specific learning difficulty (7), Other difficulty or disability (2).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll346355352348350355
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals7%5%5%3%4%4%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language15%17%20%22%20%18%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support15%13%13%13%12%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans4%2%1%2%1%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 96.7% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance96.7%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school5.5%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils3.92024/25, no permanent exclusions
Missed without permission0.5%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212018/19England
Sessions missedOverall absence3.3%3.7%4.1%5.3%2.8%3.1%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence2.8%3.1%3.4%4.5%2.3%2.6%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence0.5%0.7%0.7%0.9%0.5%0.5%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence5.5%4.4%4.8%8.7%1.9%3.5%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate3.90.60.31.70.6
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions00000

Staff and money

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

Teachers17.0full-time equivalent, 18 people
Pupils per teacher20.3Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers94%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants11.0full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£53,219
Teachers who left in the year16%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher6.22024/25

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£6,023England £7,738. Total £2.1m
Income per pupil£6,106England £7,697. Total £2.2m
Spent on teachers per pupil£3,318England £3,480
Money in reserve18%A healthy amount put by: £384k, £1,081 per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out+£30kit took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£6,023spent 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 m12312 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate51 per 1,000 people44% lower than the England average
Typical house price£545,000Three Rivers
Nearest bus stop350 mGrove Crescent, 2 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
Malvern Way Infant and Nursery SchoolCouncil830 m240No overall grade 202598Compare
Yorke Mead Primary SchoolCouncil860 m441No overall grade 202493Compare
Harvey Road Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles240Outstanding 2023100Compare
Ascot Road Primary SchoolFree school1.1 miles391Good 202420Compare
Cassiobury Junior SchoolCouncil1.2 miles359Good 202483Compare
Cassiobury Infant and Nursery SchoolCouncil1.2 miles310Good 202371Compare
St Anthony's Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic1.3 miles448Report card 202665Compare
Rickmansworth Park Junior Mixed and Infant SchoolCouncil1.3 miles201No overall grade 202599Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares Little Green Junior 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.

Beats14%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
In the bottom quarter of its group. Its score of 60 is 28 points below the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 14 · middle 88 · 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 Little Green Junior 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
St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolChurch of England2.4 miles275Good 202490Compare
Killigrew Primary and Nursery SchoolCouncil6.4 miles412Good 202492Compare
St Mary's CofE Primary School, AmershamChurch of England7.6 miles303No overall grade 202593Compare
Fleetville Infant and Nursery SchoolAcademy8.7 miles304Outstanding 202399Compare
Bernards Heath Junior SchoolCouncil8.9 miles353Good 202391Compare
Brookmans Park Primary SchoolFoundation11.4 miles345Good 202379Compare
St Stephen's C E Primary SchoolChurch of England14.8 miles417Good 202495Compare
Holy Trinity Church of England (Aided) SchoolChurch of England15.4 miles351Outstanding 202493Compare

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 60 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 60% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 42 to 75. 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
+0.15
2025, 2024 and 2023 results; 91 pupils
Ofsted inspection19% (normally 20%, cut because the inspection is old)in line
+0.01
Ofsted grade, 3.5 years old
Progress pupils make20%below
-0.17
DfE progress measure; 91 pupils
Direction of travel over five years10%in line
+0.01
results and attendance falling year on year
Attendance and behaviour10%well above
+0.12
2024/25; 362 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils10%in line
-0.01
Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 91 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 Little Green Junior School a good school?

It is about average. Little Green Junior School scores 60 out of 100. That is in line with schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 14% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 42 to 75, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much.

What is Little Green Junior School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated Little Green Junior School good at its last full inspection on 14 March 2023.

How good are Little Green Junior School's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 71% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 10% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does Little Green Junior School have?

346 pupils aged 7 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 360 places, so it is 96% full.

Is Little Green Junior 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 Little Green Junior School?

Pupils were in school 96.7% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 6% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at Little Green Junior School?

The average class had 29.2 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. 33% of classes had more than 30 pupils.

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

Contact and details

Address
Lincoln Drive, Croxley Green, Rickmansworth, WD3 3NJ
Telephone
01923 773861
Website
www.littlegreen.herts.sch.uk
Headteacher
Mr Duncan Roberts
Type of school
Council school (Community school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 7-11
Gender
Mixed
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Ward
Durrants
Constituency
South West Hertfordshire
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
117132 · LAESTAB 9192083 · UKPRN 10079060

Where these figures come from