Parkgate Primary School

Parkgate Primary School has maintained a good overall effectiveness in its first inspection, showcasing a strong commitment to the well-being and care of its pupils. The school cultivates an inclusive environment with high aspirations for all students, resulting in positive behavior and a sense of safety among pupils. The leadership team, in collaboration with the trust, demonstrates ambition to drive standards, ensuring the quality of education remains a priority. However, there are some areas identified for improvement, particularly in the sequencing of the curriculum for certain subjects and the support provided to pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Strengths

• Inclusive school environment with high ambitions for every pupil.
• Pupils exhibit good behavior and are engaged in their learning.
• Warm and respectful relationships between teachers and pupils.
• Strong focus on reading and effective phonics teaching.
• Extensive range of extracurricular activities enriching personal development.
• Effective safeguarding arrangements ensuring pupil safety.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in the quality of support for pupils with SEND.
• Curriculum for some foundation subjects lacks proper sequencing.

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 Parkgate Primary School attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.7% 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 Parkgate 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 Parkgate Primary School had 21.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.1% 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, 26.1% of pupils at Parkgate Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.2% 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 2024–25 Parkgate Primary School received £6,496 and spent £6,507 for each of its 669 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £194,000 (£290 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of The Futures Trust, income was £7,284 and spending £6,842 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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Parkgate Primary School is part of The Futures Trust, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

• President Kennedy School Academy Coventry
• Keresley Grange Primary School Coventry
• Keresley Newland Primary Academy Coventry
• Coundon Court Coventry
• Barr's Hill School Coventry
• Stoke Park School Coventry
• Camp Hill Primary School Nuneaton
• Redmoor Academy Hinckley
• The Hinckley School Hinckley

What is Parkgate Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Parkgate Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2025.

When was Parkgate Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Parkgate Primary School was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Parkgate Primary School have?

Parkgate Primary School has 683 pupils on roll.

What age range does Parkgate Primary School cover?

Parkgate Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

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

Where is Parkgate Primary School?

Parkgate Primary School is at Parkgate Road, Coventry, West Midlands, CV6 4GF.