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Parkwood Primary School

Primary · LONDON · N4 2HQ

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 3 July 2024

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At a glance

190 pupils · 79% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
52% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
58.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
16.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.parkwood.hackney.sch.uk/
URN
100259

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 12 families named it first for 22 Reception places, 0.55 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2021 entry went to 0.287 miles; distance decided places in 4 of the 12 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2010 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 3 July 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.55 first-choice applications per place

22 places offered · 12 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2021 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.287 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

22 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
59%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
9%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school59%
Median of its 12 closest peers68%
Hackney average76.2%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Ash Croft Primary AcademyDerby · 108 miles awayGood41%
Walthamstow Primary AcademyLondon · 4 miles awayGood87%
St Mary Magdalen Catholic Primary SchoolBrighton · 51 miles awayGood61%
West Hill Primary SchoolLondon · 9 miles awayGood50%
St Edward's Catholic Primary SchoolLondon · 4 miles awayGood71%
New King's Road SchoolLondon · 8 miles awayGood68%
St James's Hatcham Church of England Primary SchoolLondon · 7 miles awayGood83%
Pleasant Street Primary SchoolLiverpool · 175 miles awayGood64%
Oak Gardens Primary SchoolLondon · 7 miles awayGood71%
Whitehall Junior Community SchoolWalsall · 106 miles awayGood70%
Holy Cross RC Primary SchoolBristol · 108 miles awayGood68%
Melcombe Primary SchoolLondon · 8 miles awayGood67%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Any other White background 20% (Hackney 17%, England 7%) · Black African 16% (Hackney 16%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 15% (Hackney 6%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 15% (Hackney 8%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 5% (Hackney 5%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 5% (Hackney 2%, England 1%) · White British 5% (Hackney 18%, England 60%) · Black Caribbean 5% (Hackney 7%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Hackney 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Hackney 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 2% (Hackney 3%, England 4%) · Any other Black background 2% (Hackney 5%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Hackney 2%, England 2%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
16.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Hackney: 1.26 suspensions and 0.00 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
16.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

58.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.7 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £55,737; 16.7% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£11,276
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 71% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 7% (3%) · catering 8% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £89,594; in-year balance +£21,733

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher73.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications7.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work59.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways13.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health58.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier36.7%62.3%
Social housing8.7%17.1%
Privately rented54.3%20.5%
Detached houses0.7%22.9%
Flats88.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms12.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van69.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01001718 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£583,000962 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£460,000–£780,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (14)£1,355,000
Terraced (137)£1,445,000
Flat (808)£537,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.46 km, 2021 entry): 262 sales, median £570,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
4an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
38an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
231an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
41an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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