Parklands Primary School

Parklands Primary School has made significant progress since it became an academy in 2018 as part of the Preston Hedges Trust. The school has established a strong environment for learning, guided by its values of respect, kindness, and aspiration, which pupils embody daily. The leadership has implemented a well-structured curriculum that enables pupils to develop necessary knowledge and skills, and there is a strong emphasis on personal development and well-being. Pupils feel safe and supported, contributing to a positive school culture.

Strengths

• Effective leadership under the Preston Hedges Trust.
• Pupils demonstrate inclusive and respectful attitudes.
• Strong focus on developing spoken language in early years.
• Curriculum designed to build knowledge progressively.
• Good use of assessment strategies to support learning.
• Consistent phonics teaching across the school.

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment does not always align closely with the curriculum in some subjects.
• Some pupils struggle with reading 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 Parklands Primary School attended 95.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.2% 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, 0.2% of pupils at Parklands 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 Parklands Primary School had 20.6 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, 12.4% of pupils at Parklands Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.6% 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 2024–25 Parklands Primary School received £6,138 and spent £5,834 for each of its 410 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £406,000 (£991 per pupil).

Across all 5 schools of Preston Hedges Trust, income was £6,001 and spending £5,913 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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Parklands Primary School is part of Preston Hedges Trust, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

• Buckton Fields Primary School Northampton
• Preston Hedges Primary School Northampton
• Pineham Barns Primary School Northampton
• Broughton Fields Primary School Milton Keynes
• Holne Chase Primary School Bletchley

What is Parklands Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Parklands Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Parklands Primary School was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Parklands Primary School have?

Parklands Primary School has 418 pupils on roll.

What age range does Parklands Primary School cover?

Parklands Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 87% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Parklands Primary School?

Parklands Primary School is at Spinney Hill Road, Northampton, NN3 6DW.