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Living in Rainham. Essex with children

Rainham. Essex, Havering. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date.

1schools in Rainham. Essex
85%gigabit broadband

Schools

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SourceDfE results by phase (the year is in each table's heading). Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures.
School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

How it is worked outRank: 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).

Things to know
  • Schools with hidden or no results get no rank.
1 schools: 1 state primary, 0 state secondary
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No school in Rainham. Essex is in the league tables we hold.

Every school in Rainham. Essex, with inspection, league band and the last place offered

State primary schools (1)

SchoolInspectionLeague rankLast place offered
Scargill Infant SchoolGood—1.461 miles (2026)

Homes and prices

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SourceHM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

Things to know
  • We don't hold the sales inside this town's outline yet, so its typical prices are unknown here.
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)

We don't hold Land Registry sales for Rainham. Essex yet, so its typical prices are unknown here.

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Getting around

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SourceStops and stations: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes).
Broadband: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode.

How it is worked outRail stations within 2 km and bus stops within 1 km of the middle of its schools; straight-line distances.
Broadband is an average across the 578 postcodes in RM13.

Things to know
  • Broadband is an average of postcodes, not of homes: check the postcode you are looking at, it can differ street by street.
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)
2railway stations within 2 km: Elm Park Underground Station (0.8 miles); Dagenham East Underground Station (1.1 miles)
23bus stops within 1 km of the middle of its schools

Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 85% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 97%. Average of postcodes, not of homes.

Safety and environment

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SourceFlood: Environment Agency, Flood Map for Planning (Rivers and Sea), read from its open download. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Open Government Licence v3.0..
Air: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps.

How it is worked outFlood: at the middle of its schools the area is in flood zone 1 for rivers and the sea on the Environment Agency's Flood Map for Planning (not in zone 2 or 3, the lowest of the three).
Air: an annual mean on DEFRA's 1 km map at the middle of its schools.

Things to know
  • Flood: surface-water risk is unknown here, we don't hold that map. One point says little about a whole town, and the zones describe the area, not a building: check the address on the Environment Agency's long-term flood risk service.
  • Air: a background figure, not the air beside a busy road.
  • These are for the town centre; an address can differ.
The town centre; addresses vary
not heldCrimeWe don't hold police.uk figures for Rainham. Essex yet.
Flood zone 1FloodAt the middle of its schools: flood zone 1 for rivers and the sea. Surface-water risk: unknown, we don't hold that map. Check an address.
NO₂ 14.4AirAt the middle of its schools: nitrogen dioxide 14.4 µg/m³ (2024); PM2.5 8.4 µg/m³ (2024); PM10 13.1 µg/m³ (2024).

Childcare

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SourceOfsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page.

Ofsted early years register; published prices

We don't hold registered nurseries for Rainham. Essex.

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Key dates, Havering

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SourceEach council's own published admissions dates, held on the dates page.

How it is worked outThe next dates ahead for Reception and Year 7 applications: applications opening and closing, offer day, and the reply deadline.

Things to know
  • A date marked (about) or (earliest) is worked out from the offer day under the national rules; the council has not announced it.
The next dates for families applying
Secondary applications close31 Oct 2026
Primary applications close15 Jan 2027
Secondary offer day1 Mar 2027
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