Park Lane Primary School

Park Lane Primary School and Nursery is performing well, achieving a 'Good' rating overall with an 'Outstanding' rating for early years provision. The school's environment is friendly and welcoming, fostering positive relationships among pupils and staff. Leaders are dedicated to the success of all pupils and implement a curriculum that meets educational standards, particularly in core subjects like English and mathematics, where pupils perform above national averages. However, there are some areas in foundation subjects where curriculum sequencing and planning could improve, and additional support for pupils with SEND needs to be more effective.

Strengths

• Welcoming and friendly school community.
• Strong early years provision that helps children thrive.
• Well-planned curriculum in core subjects leading to high achievement.
• Effective teaching and engaging lessons.
• High priority placed on reading and phonics.
• Strong relationships between staff and families.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum in some foundation subjects is not well developed.
• Work set by teachers sometimes not closely matched to the needs of all pupils, particularly those with SEND.

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 Park Lane Primary School attended 93.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 20.6% 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, 1.8% of pupils at Park Lane Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). 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 Park Lane Primary School had 22.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 19.1% 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, 21.3% of pupils at Park Lane Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.6% 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 Park Lane Primary School received £7,488 and spent £6,809 for each of its 451 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £333,000 (£738 per pupil).

Across all 12 schools of The Griffin Schools Trust, income was £7,909 and spending £8,064 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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All schools in Nuneaton · Warwickshire local authority: places and applications

Park Lane Primary School is part of The Griffin Schools Trust, which runs 13 schools. The nearest others:

• Race Leys Junior School Bedworth
• Exhall Junior School Warwickshire
• Nicholas Chamberlaine School Bedworth
• Chivenor Primary School Birmingham
• Bramford Primary School Bilston
• Perry Wood Primary and Nursery School Worcester
• Lammas School London
• Willow Brook Primary School Academy London
• Riverley Primary School London
• Saxon Way Primary School Gillingham

What is Park Lane Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Park Lane Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Park Lane Primary School was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does Park Lane Primary School have?

Park Lane Primary School has 442 pupils on roll.

What age range does Park Lane Primary School cover?

Park Lane Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Park Lane Primary School?

Park Lane Primary School is at Park Lane, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 8NL.