Whybridge Junior School
Blacksmith's Lane, Rainham, RM13 7AH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- HORNCHURCH ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Warshow
- Constituency
- Dagenham and Rainham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 360
- Pupils on roll
- 359
- URN
- 144596
- Local authority
- Havering
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01708552870
About this school
Whybridge Junior School is a primary academy in Rainham. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 359 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Whybridge Junior School, and its latest judgement is set out 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 did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 60 | 90 | 90 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 73% | 69% | 69% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 12% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 82% | 79% | 81% |
| Expected standard in maths | 87% | 81% | 78% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 82% | 82% | 83% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 106.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.10 | - | - |
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 Whybridge Junior 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 | 73% | 61.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 69% | 62.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 69% | 63.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 328 |
| 2023/24 | 359 |
| 2024/25 | 359 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Whybridge Junior School compares
Whybridge Junior School ranked 21st of 49 primary schools in Havering for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 63% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 89% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 69% | 3.7% | 23.7% | 359 | — |
| Whybridge Infant School | — | 5.9% | 18.2% | 269 | 0.1 miles |
| Scargill Infant School | — | 4.2% | 23.6% | 224 | 0.4 miles |
| Scargill Junior School | 76% | 4.3% | 25.9% | 358 | 0.4 miles |
| St Alban's Catholic Primary School | 83% | 4.4% | 14.4% | 215 | 0.5 miles |
| La Salette Catholic Primary School | 80% | 3.1% | 16.6% | 210 | 0.7 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)
- 23.68%
- English as an additional language
- 39.6%
- Overall absence
- 3.71%
- Persistent absence
- 8.24%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Whybridge Infant School0.1 miles
Primary · Rainham
-
Scargill Infant School0.4 miles
Primary · Rainham. Essex
-
Scargill Junior School0.4 miles
Primary · Rainham
-
St Alban's Catholic Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Hornchurch
-
La Salette Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Rainham
Other schools in Rainham
Whybridge Junior School ranks 4th 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
- Parsonage Farm Primary School Primary
- Rainham Village Primary School Primary
- Scargill Junior School Primary
- Whybridge Infant School Primary
- Harris Academy Rainham Secondary
- The Brittons Academy Secondary
- Harris Rainham Sixth Form 16 plus
Common questions
- What ages does Whybridge Junior School teach?
- Whybridge Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Rainham.
- Who is the headteacher of Whybridge Junior School?
- The headteacher of Whybridge Junior School is Mrs Sarah Warshow, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Whybridge Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Whybridge Junior 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 many pupils are at Whybridge Junior School?
- Whybridge Junior School has 359 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Whybridge Junior School full?
- Whybridge Junior School has capacity for 360 pupils and 359 on roll (100%), so it is at or above 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 Whybridge Junior School a faith school?
- No. Whybridge Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Whybridge Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Whybridge Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- Is Whybridge Junior School part of an academy trust?
- Whybridge Junior School is part of HORNCHURCH ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Whybridge Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 73% in 2022/23 and 69% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Whybridge Junior School compare with other schools in Havering?
- Whybridge Junior School ranked 21st of 49 primary schools in Havering for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 63% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 89% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Whybridge Junior School's absence rate?
- Whybridge Junior School's overall absence rate is 3.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Whybridge Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Whybridge Junior 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 10 July 2026.