Parsonage Farm Primary School
Farm Road, Rainham, RM13 9JU
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Russell Abrahall
- Constituency
- Dagenham and Rainham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 564
- URN
- 102312
- Local authority
- Havering
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01708555186
About this school
Parsonage Farm Primary School is a community primary school in Rainham. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 564 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 85 | 89 | 85 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 44% | 46% | 47% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 1% | 1% | 1% |
| Expected standard in reading | 55% | 63% | 59% |
| Expected standard in maths | 69% | 69% | 65% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 76% | 70% | 58% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 103.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 103.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.10 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Parsonage Farm Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Havering average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 44% | 61.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 46% | 62.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 47% | 63.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 546 |
| 2023/24 | 586 |
| 2024/25 | 559 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Parsonage Farm Primary School compares
Parsonage Farm Primary School ranked 46th of 49 primary schools in Havering for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 18% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 47% | 4.3% | 21.5% | 564 | — |
| Rainham Village Primary School | 58% | 4.8% | 27.9% | 453 | 0.7 miles |
| Brady Primary School | 76% | 4.7% | 14% | 423 | 0.7 miles |
| La Salette Catholic Primary School | 80% | 3.1% | 16.6% | 210 | 0.8 miles |
| St Alban's Catholic Primary School | 83% | 4.4% | 14.4% | 215 | 1.0 miles |
| Whybridge Junior School | 69% | 3.7% | 23.7% | 359 | 1.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 21.47%
- English as an additional language
- 23.6%
- Overall absence
- 4.3%
- Persistent absence
- 8.53%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Rainham Village Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Rainham
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Brady Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Rainham
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La Salette Catholic Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Rainham
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St Alban's Catholic Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Hornchurch
-
Whybridge Junior School1.0 miles
Primary · Rainham
Other schools in Rainham
Parsonage Farm Primary School ranks 8th of the 8 ranked primary schools in Rainham.
- Brady Primary School Primary
- La Salette Catholic Primary School Primary
- Miers Court Primary School Primary
- Newtons Primary School Primary
- Park Primary Academy Primary
- Rainham Village Primary School Primary
- Scargill Junior School Primary
- Whybridge Infant School Primary
- Whybridge Junior School Primary
- Harris Academy Rainham Secondary
- The Brittons Academy Secondary
- Harris Rainham Sixth Form 16 plus
Common questions
- What year groups does Parsonage Farm Primary School teach?
- Parsonage Farm Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Rainham.
- Who is the headteacher of Parsonage Farm Primary School?
- The headteacher of Parsonage Farm Primary School is Mr Russell Abrahall, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Parsonage Farm Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Parsonage Farm Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Parsonage Farm Primary School?
- Parsonage Farm Primary School has 564 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Parsonage Farm Primary School full?
- Parsonage Farm Primary School has capacity for 630 pupils and 564 on roll (90%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Parsonage Farm Primary School a faith school?
- No. Parsonage Farm Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Parsonage Farm Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Parsonage Farm Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Parsonage Farm Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 44% in 2022/23 and 47% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Parsonage Farm Primary School rank locally?
- Parsonage Farm Primary School ranked 46th of 49 primary schools in Havering for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 18% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Parsonage Farm Primary School's absence rate?
- Parsonage Farm Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Parsonage Farm Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Parsonage Farm Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 15 July 2026.