Hunters Hall Primary School
General Information
- Address: Alibon Road, Dagenham, RM10 8DE – View on map
- Phone: 02082704768
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Headteacher Michael Kaitell
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 64 families put it first for 65 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 65 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 137
- % eligible for free school meals: 24.3%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (similar to the Barking and Dagenham average)
- English as an additional language: 54% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 13.2% a year (Barking and Dagenham 13.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 20% moved to another school, 80% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Barking and Dagenham: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Barking and Dagenham, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 5.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 16.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- Resourced provision for AutismSpeech, language and communication 14 places · 13 pupils at the last count
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.
- Pupils on SEN Support: 10.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.7%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 26 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 21 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 14 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 18 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 72% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 11% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 5 percentage points above the Barking and Dagenham average (67%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 61% against an expected 67%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 61%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 88% · Writing 81% · Maths 78% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 74%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 104
- Based on: 74 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 17th of 43 junior and primary schools in the area
- =15Ripple Primary School73%
- =15Thomas Arnold Primary School, Rowdowns Road73%
- =17Hunters Hall Primary School72%
- =17John Perry Primary School72%
- =17Richard Alibon Primary School with ARP for Cognitive and Learning Difficulties : SEN Base72%
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10th of 30 primary schools in Barking and Dagenham for Ofsted rating
- #8Godwin Primary SchoolGood
- #9Henry Green Primary SchoolGood
- #10Hunters Hall Primary SchoolGood
- #11John Perry Primary SchoolGood
- #12Manor Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,915 (2024-25)
24th of 35 primary schools in Barking and Dagenham for spending per pupil
- #22The St Teresa Catholic Primary School£8,050
- #23John Perry Primary School£7,987
- #24Hunters Hall Primary School£7,915
- #25The Leys Primary School£7,902
- #26St Joseph's Catholic Primary School£7,838
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