Park Grove Primary Academy

Park Grove Primary Academy is a highly inclusive school that is generally performing at the expected standard across most areas, with safeguarding standards met. Pupils enjoy attending, behave well, and benefit from warm relationships, strong pastoral support and attendance that is broadly in line with national averages. The school is part of Ebor Academy Trust and serves 264 pupils, including a higher-than-average proportion with education, health and care plans. The curriculum is broad, ambitious and carefully sequenced for mixed-age classes, and early years provision is a notable strength, with effective phonics teaching and strong foundations for children’s language and personal development. Inclusion is well established, staff are well trained, and leadership and governance are effective. Pupils also benefit from a wide, inclusive personal development programme and extra-curricular offer. The main concern is achievement: disadvantaged pupils and those with low prior attainment have persistently underachieved in national tests at the end of key stage 2, and some pupils have gaps in basic knowledge and skills, particularly in writing, that are not always closed quickly enough. Leaders are taking appropriate action but this is at an early stage. Pupils’ recall of some personal development content, including world religions, fundamental British values and healthy lifestyles, is also less detailed.

Strengths

• Highly inclusive culture with strong pastoral support for pupils and families
• Pupils behave well, classrooms are calm and bullying is rare and dealt with swiftly
• Attendance is broadly in line with national averages, including for disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND
• Broad, ambitious and carefully sequenced curriculum adapted for mixed-age classes
• Early years provision is strong, with effective phonics and language development
• Phonics outcomes in Year 1 are above the national average
• Well-established inclusion procedures identify needs quickly and support pupils consistently
• Leaders and governors have a clear understanding of the school’s priorities and hold leaders to account
• Staff benefit from strong professional development and leaders support their wellbeing
• Personal development programme is inclusive and offers wide extra-curricular opportunities
• Pupils show respect, tolerance and kindness towards others
• Safeguarding standards are met

Areas for Improvement

• Disadvantaged pupils and low prior attainers have persistently underachieved in key stage 2 national tests
• Gaps in pupils’ foundational knowledge and skills, especially in writing, are not always closed quickly enough
• Some pupils’ gaps hinder their ability to complete tasks successfully and achieve more
• Pupils’ recall of some personal development content, such as world religions, fundamental British values and healthy lifestyles, is less detailed
• Leaders’ actions to improve outcomes for disadvantaged pupils are at an early stage

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 Grove Primary Academy attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.0% 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, 1.5% of pupils at Park Grove Primary Academy 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 Park Grove Primary Academy had 24.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 19.5% 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, 14.5% of pupils at Park Grove Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.0% 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 Park Grove Primary Academy received £6,484 and spent £6,632 for each of its 264 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £29,000 (£108 per pupil).

Across all 25 schools of Ebor Academy Trust, income was £8,088 and spending £8,086 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 York · York local authority: places and applications

Park Grove Primary Academy is part of Ebor Academy Trust, which runs 26 schools. The nearest others:

• Haxby Road Primary Academy York
• Osbaldwick Primary Academy York
• Lakeside Primary Academy York
• Hob Moor Community Primary Academy York
• Hob Moor Oaks Academy York
• Robert Wilkinson Primary Academy York
• Tockwith Church of England Primary Academy York
• Tadcaster Primary Academy Tadcaster
• Staynor Hall Primary Academy Selby
• Camblesforth Community Primary Academy Selby

What is Park Grove Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Park Grove Primary Academy is Needs attention, from an inspection in January 2026.

When was Park Grove Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Park Grove Primary Academy was last inspected in January 2026.

How many pupils does Park Grove Primary Academy have?

Park Grove Primary Academy has 262 pupils on roll.

What age range does Park Grove Primary Academy cover?

Park Grove Primary Academy for pupils aged 5 to 11.

What are Park Grove Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Park Grove Primary Academy?

Park Grove Primary Academy is at Park Grove, York, North Yorkshire, YO31 8LG.