Parkway Primary School

Parkway Primary School continues to demonstrate good performance overall, providing a safe and supportive environment where pupils feel happy and engaged in their learning. The school has established a broad and ambitious curriculum that emphasizes high expectations for all students, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The commitment of leaders and staff to fostering a culture of respect, responsibility, and community involvement is evident through the various enrichment activities offered, and pupils take pride in their school and contributions to its character development.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy, feel safe, and enjoy their learning.
• High expectations for all pupils, including those with SEND.
• Broad and ambitious curriculum aligned with national expectations.
• Effective early reading curriculum that engages pupils.
• Strong behavior management and positive pupil attitudes.
• Well-trained staff delivering quality phonics education.
• Involvement of pupils in a variety of extracurricular activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects still need refinement to ensure key knowledge is taught in the right order.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Parkway Primary School attended 93.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Parkway Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Parkway Primary School had 11.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 21.9% of pupils at Parkway Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 32.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 75 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Parkway Primary School received £15,974 and spent £14,232 for each of its 238 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £570,000 (£2,401 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Parkway Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Parkway Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was Parkway Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Parkway Primary School was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Parkway Primary School have?

Parkway Primary School has 247 pupils on roll.

What age range does Parkway Primary School cover?

Parkway Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Parkway Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 24% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Parkway Primary School?

Parkway Primary School is at Alsike Road, Erith, Kent, DA18 4DP.