Henry Green Primary School, Dagenham

Ofsted's report card from its 14 April 2026 inspection grades Henry Green Primary School on 7 areas: 4 strong standard and 3 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "From the moment children start in early years, leaders focus on ensuring that they successfully gain the foundational skills they need to access learning across the curriculum."

Early years - Strong standard. "Leaders have designed a clear and progressive curriculum to ensure that children secure the knowledge and skills that they need in readiness for Year 1."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders have built a culture that welcomes and supports all pupils."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders have created a wide-ranging and interesting personal development programme that threads through the curriculum, assemblies and extra-curricular opportunities."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have well-established systems to promote regular attendance at school."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "The curriculum is suitably ambitious."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders have a clear understanding of the school's strengths and the areas that would benefit from further development."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue to develop staff's expertise and knowledge of the new curriculums so that teaching is of a consistently high quality across all subjects"; "Leaders should ensure that assessment is used consistently well to identify and correct any errors or misconceptions in pupils' learning at the earliest opportunity"; "Leaders should continue their work to improve attendance and lower persistent absence across the school, including for children in the early years, so that pupils benefit from all that the school has to offer".

In 2025, 82% of Year 6 pupils at Henry Green Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 83% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 81% and 80% in Barking and Dagenham and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (85% in reading, 83% in maths).

For September 2026 entry, 38 families put Henry Green Primary School as their first choice and 146 named it as one of their preferences, for 44 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 Henry Green Primary School are St Vincent's Catholic Primary School (0.3 miles, 86% reading, 83% maths); Valence Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 66% reading, 74% maths); Al-Noor Voluntary Aided Muslim Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 90% reading, 91% maths); and Chadwell Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 76% reading, 74% maths).

Henry Green Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

66.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (53%), White British (11%) and Mixed (10%).

In 2026, 84 pupils (18.3%) received SEN support and 14 (3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Chadwell Heath Rail Station, about 700 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Greenway, 100 metres away.

In 2024/25, Henry Green Primary School issued 1 suspension, 0.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Henry Green Primary School are Mayfield School (0.4 miles), Chadwell Heath Academy (0.8 miles), All Saints Catholic School and Technology College (1 mile) and Robert Clack School (1.1 miles).