Parsonage Farm Primary School

Parsonage Farm Primary School is a large, inclusive primary where pupils feel safe, attend very well and behave positively. Inspectors found safeguarding effective and judged the school to be performing strongly overall, with attendance and behaviour a particular strength: absence and persistent absence are well below national levels, and classrooms and playgrounds are calm, kind and purposeful. The curriculum is broad and regularly reviewed, early years provision is secure, and pupils with SEND or other barriers to learning receive carefully tailored support, including through the Maple and Evergreen provisions. Pupils benefit from a wide personal development offer, strong pastoral care and notable pupil leadership roles, and staff morale is high. Most areas of the school's work meet expected standards. Achievement is positive from pupils' starting points, but published outcomes are affected by high pupil mobility, and some pupils, including disadvantaged pupils and higher attainers, do not consistently make the progress they are capable of. Teaching is typically effective, though occasionally work is not ambitious enough for pupils who have already mastered core learning. The pupil premium strategy is not sharp enough to ensure all disadvantaged pupils achieve their full academic potential, and the PSHE curriculum lacks robust checks that pupils remember key knowledge. Leaders are committed and well supported by governance, but they do not always act swiftly enough on improvement priorities.

Strengths

• Safeguarding standards are met, with an open culture in which concerns are actively identified and managed.
• Attendance is significantly above national averages and persistent absence is well below national figures.
• Behaviour is a major strength, with clear expectations, consistent routines and calm, purposeful classrooms.
• Pupils feel safe, bullying is rare and pupils are considerate and welcoming to new arrivals.
• The curriculum is broad, balanced and regularly reviewed, with well-established phonics and mathematics.
• Teaching is typically effective, with strong subject expertise, clear modelling and purposeful discussion.
• Early years provision is well led, with a balanced curriculum across all seven areas of learning and inclusive practice.
• Inclusion is central to the school, with quick identification of needs and bespoke support such as the Maple provision.
• Pupils with SEND and other barriers to learning receive effective academic and pastoral support.
• Disadvantaged pupils are generally supported effectively and make positive progress from their starting points.
• Personal development is well considered, with varied enrichment, careers activities and strong pastoral support.
• Pupil leadership is a notable strength, with roles such as prefects, wellbeing ambassadors and digital leaders.
• Leadership has created a positive culture of care and staff morale is very high.
• Governance is highly experienced and provides effective support and challenge.
• Pupils are well prepared for secondary school.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils, including disadvantaged pupils with higher starting points, do not consistently make the progress of which they are capable.
• Published attainment in reading, writing and mathematics is below national averages, although this is affected by high pupil mobility.
• Some teaching does not set work that is ambitious enough to deepen learning for pupils who have already mastered core knowledge.
• The pupil premium strategy is not sharp or precise enough to ensure all disadvantaged pupils achieve their full academic potential.
• Leaders have not established systems to assure that all pupils learn and remember key knowledge taught through PSHE-related lessons.
• When areas for improvement are identified, action is not always taken as swiftly as it could be.
• Leaders do not consistently evaluate, monitor, analyse and act on improvement priorities in a timely manner.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Parsonage Farm Primary School attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Parsonage Farm Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Parsonage Farm Primary School had 19.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.9% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 6.4% of pupils at Parsonage Farm Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Parsonage Farm Primary School received £7,258 and spent £8,084 for each of its 564 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £1,169,000 (-£2,072 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Parsonage Farm Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Parsonage Farm Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in June 2026.

When was Parsonage Farm Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Parsonage Farm Primary School was last inspected in June 2026.

How many pupils does Parsonage Farm Primary School have?

Parsonage Farm Primary School has 564 pupils on roll.

What age range does Parsonage Farm Primary School cover?

Parsonage Farm Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Parsonage Farm Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 47% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Parsonage Farm Primary School?

Parsonage Farm Primary School is at Farm Road, Rainham, Essex, RM13 9JU.