Parkside Primary School

Parkside Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating in most areas, with an 'Outstanding' rating for personal development. The school fosters a welcoming environment, supported by various events that engage families and encourage community involvement. Pupils express pride in their school, enjoy their learning experiences, and feel safe. However, there are some concerns regarding the consistency of the quality of work in pupils' books, where basic errors often go unaddressed, leading to a lack of pride in presentation.

Strengths

• Strong curriculum that supports all pupils, including those with SEND.
• Effective phonics teaching that enables most pupils to learn to read well.
• Leaders promote a positive and inclusive school ethos.
• Wide range of clubs and extracurricular activities that develop pupils' talents.
• Pupils demonstrate good behaviour and maturity.
• Outstanding personal development opportunities and responsibilities for pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils' work across several year groups often contains basic errors.
• Lack of consistency in addressing mistakes in grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
• Some pupils are not reading with sufficient fluency.

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 Primary School attended 96.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.3% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Parkside 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 Parkside Primary School had 21.6 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, 8.5% of pupils at Parkside Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.0% 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 Parkside Primary School received £7,121 and spent £7,107 for each of its 339 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £316,000 (£932 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of The Creative Learning Partnership Trust, income was £8,526 and spending £8,368 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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Parkside Primary School is part of The Creative Learning Partnership Trust, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

• Beaconfields Primary School Stafford
• Greenhall Stafford
• Doxey Academy Stafford
• Burleyfields Primary School Stafford
• Manor Hill First School Stone
• Green Lea First School Stafford
• Langdale Primary School Newcastle
• Hempstalls Primary School Newcastle
• Thursfield Primary School Stoke-On-Trent
• James Bateman Middle School Biddulph

What is Parkside Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Parkside Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2022.

When was Parkside Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Parkside Primary School was last inspected in September 2022.

How many pupils does Parkside Primary School have?

Parkside Primary School has 399 pupils on roll.

What age range does Parkside Primary School cover?

Parkside Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 84% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Parkside Primary School?

Parkside Primary School is at Bradshaw Way, Parkside, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST16 1TH.