Middle Park Primary School

Middle Park Primary School's key judgements are good for quality of education, personal development and leadership and management, with outstanding behaviour and attitudes and outstanding early years provision. This was the school's first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and no overall effectiveness grade was given under the current graded inspection arrangements. Inspectors found a welcoming, calm community primary school where pupils behave exceptionally well and learn through an ambitious, well-sequenced curriculum that builds from the early years and covers the full national curriculum, including for pupils with SEND. The report highlights strong early reading and phonics, with almost all pupils fluent readers by the end of Year 1 and prompt catch-up support for those who fall behind. Mathematics and other subjects show significant strengths, including pupils' vocabulary and ability to check their own work. Early years provision is outstanding, with rich activities and skilled adult modelling, while personal development is carefully planned through British values, assemblies and meaningful leadership roles. Safeguarding is effective, and leaders support staff workload while governors both support and challenge the school. The main area for improvement is support for pupils with SEND. Some pupils with SEND do not access the curriculum fully because adaptations to teaching are not applied consistently, meaning some do not achieve as well as they could. The school should ensure these adjustments are applied consistently to meet pupils' individual needs.

Strengths

• Pupils behave exceptionally well in lessons and on the playground, creating a calm learning environment.
• The curriculum is ambitious, inspiring and well sequenced from the early years through all subjects.
• Pupils learn the full national curriculum, including pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils.
• Early reading and phonics are highly effective, with almost all pupils fluent readers by the end of Year 1.
• Pupils who fall behind in reading receive prompt support to help them catch up.
• Mathematics teaching is strong, with accurate calculation, times-table recall and self-correction.
• Teachers emphasise and revisit subject-specific vocabulary so pupils use it confidently.
• Early years provision is outstanding, with rich activities and skilled adult modelling of language.
• Personal development is carefully designed, including British values, assemblies and meaningful leadership roles.
• Relationships between pupils and adults are kind and respectful, with clear routines from Nursery.
• Leaders are considerate of staff workload and governors support and challenge the school well.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• Support for pupils with SEND is inconsistent, so some do not access the curriculum fully or achieve as well as they could.

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 Middle Park Primary School attended 94.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.4% 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, 1.2% of pupils at Middle Park 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 Middle Park Primary School had 18.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.6% 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, 26.4% of pupils at Middle Park Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

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 Middle Park Primary School received £8,676 and spent £8,799 for each of its 413 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £278,000 (£672 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 Middle Park Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Middle Park Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Middle Park Primary School was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Middle Park Primary School have?

Middle Park Primary School has 425 pupils on roll.

What age range does Middle Park Primary School cover?

Middle Park Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Middle Park Primary School?

Middle Park Primary School is at Middle Park Avenue, Eltham, London, SE9 5RX.