Whybridge Junior School, Rainham
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
Estimated admission likelihood based on school density and oversubscription data
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 1 year agoOverall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Whybridge Junior School creates a warm, family-like community where children are happy and safe. Staff have high expectations and pupils work hard to produce quality work across a broad curriculum, with excellent support for children with additional needs. The school enriches learning through visits to galleries, museums, and places of worship, while developing character traits like kindness and resilience through a carefully planned personal development programme.
Key Strengths
- Exemplary pupil behaviour and attitudes with a harmonious, supportive learning environment
- Well-designed reading curriculum with swift assessment and precise phonics teaching to help struggling readers catch up
- Carefully structured curriculum that builds on prior learning, with strong focus on developing vocabulary
- Excellent support for pupils with SEND, who access the same learning opportunities as peers
- Strong personal development programme building character traits like kindness, resilience, and responsibility
Areas for Improvement
- Some aspects of curriculum in different subjects are less clearly designed or implemented, meaning pupils do not develop the same depth of knowledge in these areas
- School should ensure all curriculum elements are clearly designed and consistently taught, with sufficient opportunity for pupils to practise, revisit, and secure important knowledge and skills
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective and the school has created an open, positive culture around safeguarding that puts pupils' interests first.
Extracurricular Activities
Choir, gardening, calligraphy, origami, den building, school council, ambassador roles, residential visit to Kent, visits to Tate Modern, Planetarium, local secondary school, local residential homes, Whybridge Has Talent event, trust poetry competition
Whybridge Junior School is a good-rated junior school where pupils thoroughly enjoy attending and are kept safe in a warm, respectful community. Behaviour is exemplary, the curriculum is broad and well-designed, and pupils typically achieve well and are well prepared for secondary school.
At a Glance
26.5%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
54 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 81%. Maths has remained stable at around 78%. Writing has remained stable at around 82%.
Class Sizes
30.0
Avg class size
30.0
KS2
9
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
100%
Over capacity
359 pupils
360 capacity
1 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Rainham
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Rainham
Admissions Demand - Havering
Places available
3,462
Applications
3,096
Got 1st preference
89.8%
Got preferred school
98.4%
Primary admissions across Havering (2025/26)
Inspection History(3)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
3.70567%
Overall absence
8.24468%
Persistent absence
376
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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