Scargill Junior School

About Scargill Junior School

Scargill Junior School sits within the London borough of Havering, a local authority with a strong primary sector where ten schools currently hold an Outstanding rating. Scargill itself is rated Good and ranks 10th out of 49 primary schools in the borough, placing it in the top 25% locally. Its closest Outstanding neighbour is Scotts Primary School, 1.6 km away. Among the top-performing peers in Havering are Upminster Junior School, Nelmes Primary School and Hacton Primary School, all of which score higher on the same ranking metric. Scargill’s own ranking score of 74 reflects solid performance, though it sits a clear step behind those leaders. The school is a state-funded, mixed primary for pupils aged 7 to 11, with no religious character and no nursery or sixth form provision. Helen Graham is the headteacher, and the school is almost at full capacity with 359 pupils on roll out of a total of 360 places.

Academically, Scargill’s most recent Key Stage 2 results from the 2023/24 academic year show that 74% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. That is comfortably above the Havering local authority average of 65%. In individual subjects, 87% met the expected standard in maths, 82% in writing and 80% in reading. At the higher standard, 13% of pupils achieved the top level across all three subjects, with maths leading at 40% and reading at 28%. Average scaled scores were 106 in maths and 105 in reading. The school’s most recent Ofsted inspection, an ungraded visit in June 2025, judged that the school had improved significantly since its previous graded inspection in 2015, when it was rated Good overall with Good leadership and management. That earlier inspection had followed a Requires Improvement rating in 2013, so the trajectory has been clearly upward. Progress scores are not available in the data, so it is not possible to compare pupil progress against national averages.

Parent feedback from the Ofsted Parent View survey, based on 34 responses collected between September 2024 and September 2025, is broadly positive. 91% of parents said their child is happy at the school, and 94% agreed their child feels safe. 82% felt the school has high expectations for their child, and 85% said their child does well. 79% would recommend the school to other parents. The school offers a range of facilities including a library, art studios, playing fields, a forest school, a gymnasium and an ICT suite. Clubs include art, coding, chess, film club and eco club, while sports on offer are football, rounders, gymnastics and cricket. SEND provision covers specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social emotional and mental health needs, speech language and communication needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. With 24% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a mixed catchment. It is well suited to families in Havering looking for a solid, improving junior school with strong core results and a good range of enrichment, particularly those who value a clear upward trend in Ofsted judgements.

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