Parkfield Community School

Parkfield Community School is performing exceptionally well, achieving an outstanding overall effectiveness in various domains including the quality of education, behavior and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. The school, which is part of the Excelsior Multi-Academy Trust, demonstrates a strong commitment to inclusivity and a focus on high expectations, ensuring that every pupil flourishes. The exemplary relationships built between staff and pupils contribute significantly to an inspiring learning environment where students are well-prepared for their next educational stages.

Strengths

• High-quality education with an aspirational curriculum.
• Exceptional behavior and exemplary student attitudes.
• Strong relationships between staff and pupils fostering a positive environment.
• Commitment to including pupils with SEND in all aspects of learning.
• Extensive extracurricular opportunities enhancing personal development.
• Effective and well-structured phonics and reading support.
• Caring and highly skilled staff who feel valued and supported.

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 Parkfield Community School attended 92.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 25.0% 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, 1.0% of pupils at Parkfield Community 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 Parkfield Community School had 23.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 19.0% 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, 11.9% of pupils at Parkfield Community School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.5% 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 2024–25 Parkfield Community School received £7,004 and spent £6,586 for each of its 657 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £276,000 (£420 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of Excelsior Multi Academy Trust, income was £6,873 and spending £6,684 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Parkfield Community School is part of Excelsior Multi Academy Trust, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

• Heath Mount Primary School Birmingham
• Highters Heath Community School Birmingham
• Green Meadow Primary School Birmingham
• Turves Green Primary School Birmingham
• The Meadows Primary School Birmingham
• Colmers Farm Primary School Birmingham
• Thorns Primary School Brierley Hill

What is Parkfield Community School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Parkfield Community School is Outstanding, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Parkfield Community School last inspected by Ofsted?

Parkfield Community School was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Parkfield Community School have?

Parkfield Community School has 656 pupils on roll.

What age range does Parkfield Community School cover?

Parkfield Community School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 72% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Parkfield Community School?

Parkfield Community School is at Parkfield Road, Saltley, Birmingham, West Midlands, B8 3AX.