Parkside Community Primary School

Primary · Heathfield · TN21 8QQ

Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 24 March 2026 · report published 21 May 2026

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At a glance

225 pupils · 100% of 210 capacity

School type: Community school
Age range: 2–11
Gender: Mixed
Free school meals: 8.7% of pupils
English as additional language: 3.3% of pupils
SEN support: 17.1% of pupils
EHC plan: 2.4% of pupils
Nursery: Yes
Website: http://www.parksideprimary.org
URN: 114482

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.43 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 43 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20

20/21

21/22

22/23

23/24

24/25

25/26

26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

72%

England 62%

Reaching the higher standard

England 8%

Average scaled score (reading)

107

England 106

Average scaled score (maths)

106

England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)

4.4%

England 6.5%

Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)

9.6%

England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher

23.6

England 18.5

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

This school£6,072

Typical primary school£6,960

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.

Inspection history since 2015

24 March 2026: Expected standard (report card inspection)
9 March 2017: Outstanding (graded inspection)

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

Nearby schools

All Saints' and St Richard's Church of England Primary SchoolExpected standard · Primary · 0.5 mi
Heathfield Community CollegeGood · Secondary · 0.8 mi
Cross-in-Hand Church of England Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 1.1 mi
Maynards Green Community Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 1.2 mi
St Mary's SchoolGood · Special / other · 1.5 mi
Punnetts Town Community Primary and Nursery SchoolNot yet graded · Primary · 1.8 mi
Five Ashes CofE Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 3.5 mi
Mayfield Church of England Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 4.2 mi

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