Parkwood Primary School
Primary · Gillingham · ME8 9LP
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 7 June 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
476 pupils · 88% of 540 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 18.7% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 4.8% of pupils
- SEN support
- 15.2% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 2% of pupils
- Website
- www.parkwoodprimary.org.uk
- URN
- 151419
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.98 first-choice applications per place51 places offered · 50 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
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.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
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, academy 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.