Green Park Community Primary School, Dover

In its own words: "Green Park is an excellent school and it is a pleasure and a great privilege to have been a governor at the school since it opened in 2008. As Chair of Governors I oversee the work of the Governing Body and meet regularly with the headteacher and other senior leaders."

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care, from £4.00 per session.

Coming up: an open day on Monday 16 November 2026 at 9.30am and an open day on Thursday 19 November 2026 at 9.30am. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 52% of Year 6 pupils at Green Park Community Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 57% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 73% in Kent and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (63% in reading, 49% in maths).

For September 2026 entry, 45 families put Green Park Community Primary School as their first choice and 103 named it as one of their preferences, for 48 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Green Park Community Primary School are Shatterlocks Infant and Nursery School (0.5 miles, Outstanding); Barton Junior School (0.8 miles, Good, 83% reading, 79% maths); Charlton Church of England Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 55% reading, 55% maths); and White Cliffs Primary and Nursery School (0.9 miles, Good, 67% reading, 67% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Green Park Community Primary School.

59.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 9.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Kearsney Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Dryden Road (adjacent), 70 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Green Park Community Primary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 207 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Kent (101), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Green Park Community Primary School issued 1 suspension, 0.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Green Park Community Primary School are Dover Christ Church Academy (0.4 miles), St Edmund's Catholic School (0.8 miles), Dover Grammar School for Girls (0.9 miles) and Dover Grammar School for Boys (1.2 miles).