Parklands Community Primary School

Parklands Community Primary School continues to demonstrate good performance, maintaining a positive learning environment characterized by kindness and care. Pupils feel welcomed and respected, which contributes to their happiness and confidence. The school is focused on ensuring that all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), receive the necessary support to succeed academically. Although the school has strengths in areas such as reading and mathematics, there are some subjects where curriculum content needs clearer sequencing to enhance pupil understanding and achievement further. The school promotes effective citizenship among pupils by encouraging older students to assist younger ones and engage with the local community. With a strong emphasis on inclusive practices, the recent change in leadership has sparked significant improvement efforts that the inspectors noted positively. While the overall school ethos is commendable, further refinements in curriculum clarity and teacher subject knowledge are necessary for ensuring consistent student achievement across all subjects.

Strengths

• Caring and supportive school ethos
• Strong performance in reading and mathematics
• Effective support for pupils with SEND
• Well-sequenced phonics programme
• Positive pupil behavior and respect towards others
• Strong engagement in community activities
• Diverse opportunities for broader pupil development

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent curriculum clarity in some subjects
• Weaknesses in teacher subject knowledge in certain areas

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 Parklands Community Primary School attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.2% 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, 3.3% of pupils at Parklands Community 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 Parklands Community Primary School had 19.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.4% 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, 18.8% of pupils at Parklands Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 9.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 10 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 Parklands Community Primary School received £7,123 and spent £6,948 for each of its 426 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £154,000 (£361 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 Parklands Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Parklands Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Parklands Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Parklands Community Primary School was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Parklands Community Primary School have?

Parklands Community Primary School has 426 pupils on roll.

What age range does Parklands Community Primary School cover?

Parklands Community Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Parklands Community Primary School?

Parklands Community Primary School is at Durnford Close, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 3AG.