Park Lane School
Special / other · Macclesfield · SK11 8JR
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 21 May 2024
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
151 pupils · 100% of 150 capacity
- School type
- Community special school
- Age range
- 4–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 47.3% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 8.8% of pupils
- SEN support
- 0% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 100% of pupils
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Website
- parklaneschool.co.uk
- URN
- 111508
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
9 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
no data
no data
GCSE results (2024/2025)
9 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025
Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Where pupils go after GCSEs
suppressed (small cohort)
suppressed (small cohort)
suppressed (small cohort)
suppressed (small cohort)
Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.
Inspection history since 2015
- 21 May 2024: Good
- 10 March 2020: Requires improvement
- 27 September 2018: School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next
- 28 April 2016: Section 8 Inspection due to Parental Complaint
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.