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Parsonage Farm Primary School

Primary · Rainham · RM13 9JU

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 28 April 2026 · report published 16 June 2026

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At a glance

564 pupils · 90% of 630 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
19.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
23.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
6.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.pfps.havering.sch.uk/
URN
102312

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 57 families named it first for 65 Reception places, 0.88 first choices per place. We hold 15 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2012 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 28 April 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.88 first-choice applications per place

65 places offered · 57 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

85 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
47%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
1%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
101
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
102
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school47%
Median of its 12 closest peers77%
Havering average66.4%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Merrylands Primary SchoolBasildon · 9 miles awayGood53%
Yardley Primary SchoolLondon · 12 miles awayOutstanding97%
St Michael's CofE Primary SchoolEnfield · 16 miles awayStrong standard83%
Dilkes AcademySouth Ockendon · 3 miles awayOutstanding86%
Cornerstone CofE (VA) Primary SchoolFareham · 77 miles awayNo current grade82%
Leigh Academy Cherry OrchardEbbsfleet · 7 miles awayExceptional83%
Ashcombe Primary SchoolWeston-super-Mare · 137 miles awayNeeds attention55%
White Bridge Primary SchoolLoughton · 10 miles awayGood64%
Leigh Academy Langley ParkMaidstone · 25 miles awayGood (2019)74%
Crowlands Primary SchoolRomford · 4 miles awayGood80%
Gwyn Jones Primary SchoolLondon · 9 miles awayNo current grade55%
Higher Lane Primary SchoolManchester · 175 miles awayNeeds attention62%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 43% (Havering 42%, England 60%) · Any other White background 12% (Havering 14%, England 7%) · Black African 10% (Havering 7%, England 5%) · Asian Bangladeshi 8% (Havering 5%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 5% (Havering 5%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 5% (Havering 6%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Havering 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Havering 1%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Havering 3%, England 3%) · Not recorded 2% (Havering 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Havering 2%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Havering 3%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Havering 2%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (Havering 2%, England 1%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Havering 0%, England 0%) · White Irish 1% (Havering 0%, England 0%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Havering: 0.80 suspensions and 0.02 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
20.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

93% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 3% moved to another state school · 3% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

33.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.6 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £55,763; 10.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£8,084
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 71% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 17% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 14% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£1,168,503; in-year balance -£465,477

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher23.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications24%18.1%
In managerial or professional work30.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways17.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health49.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier90.4%62.3%
Social housing1.4%17.1%
Privately rented8.2%20.5%
Detached houses39.8%22.9%
Flats0.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms33.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van12.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01002343 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£440,000274 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£390,000–£484,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (52)£537,500
Semi-detached (112)£455,000
Terraced (81)£420,000
Flat (29)£250,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
6an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
21an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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