Parkside Middle School

Parkside Middle School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across key areas such as the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, and leadership. Pupils are highly engaged and enjoy their learning environment, where they feel safe and supported. The strong relationships between staff and students contribute to a positive school culture. However, the school faces challenges in ensuring that its curriculum is effectively implemented in all subjects, particularly in French, where the sequencing of content hampers student understanding. Leaders are committed to improving education for all students, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).

Strengths

• Pupils feel very happy and safe at school
• Excellent relationships between staff and pupils
• High levels of personal development and well-being
• Well-developed careers programme preparing pupils for future education
• Effective support for pupils' personal development through trips and visits

Areas for Improvement

• Ineffective sequencing and implementation of the French curriculum
• Difficulty for SEND pupils in subjects with less detailed plans
• Inconsistent checking of pupils' knowledge progression in some subjects

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 Parkside Middle School attended 93.7% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 15.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

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, 3.5% of pupils at Parkside Middle School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). One pupil was 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 Parkside Middle School had 17.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

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, 18.7% of pupils at Parkside Middle School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 6.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

The school has a SEN unit with 7 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 secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Parkside Middle School received £7,900 and spent £8,127 for each of its 594 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £205,000 (-£346 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 Parkside Middle School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Parkside Middle School is Good, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Parkside Middle School last inspected by Ofsted?

Parkside Middle School was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Parkside Middle School have?

Parkside Middle School has 593 pupils on roll.

What age range does Parkside Middle School cover?

Parkside Middle School for pupils aged 9 to 13.

What are Parkside Middle School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Parkside Middle School?

Parkside Middle School is at Stourbridge Road, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 0AH.