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Parkend Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Yorkley Road, Parkend, Lydney GL15 4HL · parkendschool.com · 01594 562407
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 83%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Gloucestershire 60%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 1.31 mi
- 2.11 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Gloucestershire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 68
- 97% of 70 places
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 22.1%
- First language not English
- 0%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 1.31 mi (2.11 km) from the school. Source: Gloucestershire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 12 families put the school first and 10 places were offered; 83% 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 | 10 | 12 | 1.2▲ | 83% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 89% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 10 | 9 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 90% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.31 mi2.11 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 83% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 50% the higher standard. Across Gloucestershire it was 60%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲83% | 62% | ||
| ▲50% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲113 | 106 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Parkend Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 6 February 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 6 Feb 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Oct 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
- Jan 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
Oct 2021Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Dec 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Mar 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (28 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Replies
- 28
- 49% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 25% who had a child bullied