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Parkside Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
21 Wellington Avenue, Chingford E4 6RE · parksideprimaryschool.org · 020 8559 4278
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 72%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Waltham Forest 74%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Waltham Forest Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 672
- 42 over 630 places · 107%
- Local authority
- Waltham Forest
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 22.5%
- First language not English
- 39.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Waltham Forest Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 70 families put the school first and 80 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 80 | 70 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 86 | 85 | 1 | 99% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 89 | 94 | 1.1▲ | 94% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 90 | 90 | 1 | 97% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 90 | 77 | 0.9 | 92% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | All | |
| September 2024 | 0.90 mi1.45 km | |
| September 2023 | 1.51 mi2.43 km | |
| September 2022 | 1.15 mi1.85 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 72% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 8% the higher standard. Across Waltham Forest it was 74%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲72% | 62% | ||
| ●8% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 9 March 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Parkside Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 8 Mar 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2013
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Sept 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Mar 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Sept 2009Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
98% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (184 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 98%
- Replies
- 184
- 27% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 34% who had a child bullied
based on 20 parents (11%) with SEND