Living in Rainham with children
Rainham, Havering and Medway. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date.
Schools
13 schools: 10 state primary, 2 state secondary, 1 sixth form or collegeRainham on the schools map →Every school in Rainham, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (10)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Salette Catholic Primary School | School remains Good | Top 15% (7/49) in Havering | — |
| Scargill Junior School | Improved significantly | Top 25% (12/49) in Havering | — |
| Brady Primary School | School remains Good | Top 27% (13/49) in Havering | 3.606 miles (2026) |
| Whybridge Junior School | Good | Top 43% (21/49) in Havering | — |
| Newtons Primary School | Standards maintained | (36/49) in Havering | — |
| Rainham Village Primary School | School remains Good | (37/49) in Havering | 0.583 miles (2026) |
| Miers Court Primary School | School remains Good | (47/63) in Medway | — |
| Parsonage Farm Primary School | Ofsted report card | (46/49) in Havering | — |
| Park Primary Academy | — | — | 0.967 miles (2026) |
| Whybridge Infant School | School remains Good | — | — |
State secondary schools (2)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harris Academy Rainham | Standards maintained | (10/18) in Havering | 2.65 miles (2026) |
| The Brittons Academy | Good | (14/18) in Havering | — |
Sixth forms and colleges (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harris Rainham Sixth Form | — | Top 29% (2/7) in Havering | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)We don't hold Land Registry sales for Rainham yet, so its typical prices are unknown here.
Look up a home in Rainham →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 85% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 97%, on average across the 578 postcodes in RM13. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 2 outstanding; 13 good, or expected standard; 1 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £8.63 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 16 in Havering.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 19 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Havering
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Havering · Medway.
Every date, and reminders →Nearby towns
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