Park Road Community Primary School

Park Road Community Primary School is a happy, inclusive school where pupils behave exceptionally well and attendance is high. Inspectors found a calm, orderly culture from the early years, with pupils who trust adults, take responsibility for their behaviour, and benefit from strong personal development, wellbeing and community opportunities. Safeguarding standards are met. Leaders, governors and the Omega Multi-Academy Trust are highly effective, know the community well, and have built strong staff expertise and support for disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND. The school has had significant leadership change since its last inspection, including a new headteacher and deputy headteacher. Pupils typically achieve well, including disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND, and attainment in national tests is usually above national averages. Reading, writing and mathematics are taught well, and pupils with gaps receive precise support. The curriculum is well designed and sequenced, and the early years provides a secure start in most areas. The main areas for improvement are in achievement and curriculum delivery. Pupils with high prior attainment do not consistently gain the deeper knowledge they are capable of, and early years tasks are sometimes not challenging enough. In English and mathematics, teachers do not always check what pupils already know, so some pupils repeat learning, and early years assessments are not consistently used to shape activities and resources that deepen children’s learning.

Strengths

• Pupils’ attendance is high, with persistent absence reduced significantly after effective action.
• Pupils’ behaviour and attitudes to learning are exemplary, and bullying is very rare.
• Leaders have created a calm, orderly and inclusive culture where pupils feel safe and belong.
• Support for disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND is precise, well tailored and highly effective.
• Governance and trust oversight are highly effective, with strong monitoring and strategic use of resources.
• Staff expertise is built well through carefully planned professional learning, and staff feel valued.
• Personal development and wellbeing are strong, including pupils’ understanding of safety, equality and tolerance.
• An extensive extra-curricular and community offer, including leadership roles, builds pupils’ character and aspirations.
• Pupils typically achieve well, and national test attainment is usually above national averages.
• The early years provides a secure start in early language, phonics and mathematics, with close work with families.

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils with high prior attainment do not consistently secure the deeper knowledge they need and are capable of.
• Early years tasks and resources are sometimes not challenging enough to deepen children’s knowledge.
• In English and mathematics, teachers do not check carefully enough what pupils can already do, so some repeat learning.
• Early years assessments of what children already know are not consistently used to shape activities and resources.

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 Road Community Primary School attended 96.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.5% 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, 0.5% of pupils at Park Road Community 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 Park Road Community Primary School had 21.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 10.8% of pupils at Park Road Community 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 2023–24 Park Road Community Primary School received £6,007 and spent £6,152 for each of its 205 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £98,000 (£479 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Omega Multi-Academy Trust, income was £7,073 and spending £7,262 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 Warrington · Warrington local authority: places and applications

Park Road Community Primary School is part of Omega Multi-Academy Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• Great Sankey High School Warrington
• Chapelford Village Primary School Warrington
• Westbrook Old Hall Primary School Warrington
• Burtonwood Community Primary School Warrington
• Bradshaw Primary School Warrington
• Alsop High School Liverpool

What is Park Road Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Park Road Community Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in January 2026.

When was Park Road Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Park Road Community Primary School was last inspected in January 2026.

How many pupils does Park Road Community Primary School have?

Park Road Community Primary School has 195 pupils on roll.

What age range does Park Road Community Primary School cover?

Park Road Community Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

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

In 2025, 81% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Park Road Community Primary School?

Park Road Community Primary School is at Wroxham Road, Great Sankey, Warrington, Cheshire, WA5 3EF.