Parklands Educate Together Primary

Parklands Educate Together Primary has demonstrated a good overall performance in its first inspection, with leaders successfully improving the school since it opened in 2018. The school fosters a positive and inclusive atmosphere where pupils feel safe and cared for, contributing to their enjoyment and pride in attending. There is a strong focus on raising expectations and enhancing the curriculum, particularly in reading and mathematics. The leadership has undertaken effective initiatives to ensure that the school's ethos revolves around the well-being and development of its pupils.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe, cared for, and are proud to attend the school.
• Leaders have created an inclusive ethos and raised expectations for all students.
• Staff manage pupils' behaviour effectively, leading to improvements recently.
• Curriculum has been carefully sequenced and developed as the school has grown.
• High-quality support is provided for pupils with SEND, ensuring they access the same broad curriculum.
• Extracurricular clubs enhance pupils' interests and talents.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum implementation is inconsistent across some subjects.
• Assessment practices are not effective enough to identify gaps in pupils' knowledge.

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 Parklands Educate Together Primary attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 18.3% 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, 2.2% of pupils at Parklands Educate Together Primary 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 Parklands Educate Together Primary had 22.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.6% 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, 13.2% of pupils at Parklands Educate Together Primary were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.1% 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 Parklands Educate Together Primary received £6,903 and spent £6,866 for each of its 352 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £160,000 (£456 per pupil).

Across all 5 schools of Educate Together Academy Trust, income was £7,657 and spending £7,675 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 Weston-Super-Mare · North Somerset local authority: places and applications

Parklands Educate Together Primary is part of Educate Together Academy Trust, which runs 5 schools. The nearest others:

• Redfield Educate Together Primary Academy Bristol
• Somerdale Educate Together Primary Academy Keynsham
• Mulberry Park Educate Together Primary Academy Bath
• Abbey Farm Educate Together Primary Swindon

What is Parklands Educate Together Primary's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Parklands Educate Together Primary is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was Parklands Educate Together Primary last inspected by Ofsted?

Parklands Educate Together Primary was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Parklands Educate Together Primary have?

Parklands Educate Together Primary has 424 pupils on roll.

What age range does Parklands Educate Together Primary cover?

Parklands Educate Together Primary for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Parklands Educate Together Primary's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 47% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Parklands Educate Together Primary?

Parklands Educate Together Primary is at 1 Russell Road, Locking, Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 7NH.