Parkfield School is a all-through school located in Christchurch. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 19/10/2017. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading is average, progress in writing and progress in maths are below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.7%, which is 0.7 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Hurn, Christchurch, BH23 6DF
Website: www.parkfieldschool.org
Telephone: 01202592530
School Type: Free schools
Education phase: All-through
Local authority: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Headteacher / Principal: Miss Clare Adams
Religious character: None
Admissions policy:
Unique reference: 146386

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 19/10/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 19
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 896
Number of Pupils: 490
Number of Boys: 255
Number of Girls: 235

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.7% 4%
Persistent absence: 12.4% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Below Average: -1.4 Confidence interval -3.2 to 0.5
Writing
Below Average: -1.8 Confidence interval -3.5 to -0.1
Maths
Below Average: -2.4 Confidence interval -4 to -0.8

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:53%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:14%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:104
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:104
England Average:105

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: 0.32 Confidence interval -0.22 to 0.85
Of the 31 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 22 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:71%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:36%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:45.2
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.34
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Muscliff Primary School
Broadway Lane , Throop BH8 0AB
3out of 4 2,551 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
The Epiphany School
Shillingstone Drive , Muscliff BH9 3PE
3out of 4 2,758 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Jewell Academy Bournemouth
Jewell Road , Townsend BH8 0LT
4out of 4 2,929 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School

All-through

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Parkfield School
Hurn , BH23 6DF
2out of 4 0 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Portfield School
Parley Lane , BH23 6BP
3out of 4 2,434 yd Non-maintained special school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.