Parkside Community Primary School is a primary school located in Borehamwood. 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 29/09/2017. According to tests results, the school's progress in writing and progress in maths are average, progress in reading is below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.8%, which is 1.8 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Aycliffe Road, Borehamwood, WD6 4EP
Website: www.parksidecommunityps-herts.co.uk/
Telephone: 02083873000
School Type: Foundation school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Hertfordshire
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Charles Soyka
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 117562

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 29/09/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 390
Number of Pupils: 294
Number of Boys: 158
Number of Girls: 136

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.8% 4%
Persistent absence: 20.1% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: -2.8 Confidence interval -4.7 to -0.9
Writing
Average: 0.8 Confidence interval -1 to 2.5
Maths
Average: -1.1 Confidence interval -2.7 to 0.6

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:48%
England Average:65%

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

School:12%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:99
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:102
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Parkside Community Primary School
Aycliffe Road , WD6 4EP 		2out of 4 0 yd Foundation school Yes Mixed More About School
Meryfield Primary School
Theobald Street , WD6 4PA 		3out of 4 767 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Woodlands Primary School
Alban Crescent , WD6 5JF 		3out of 4 802 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Cowley Hill School
Winstre Road , WD6 5DP 		3out of 4 859 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St Teresa Catholic Primary School
Brook Road , WD6 5HL 		3out of 4 1,416 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Hertswood Academy
Cowley Hill , WD6 5LG 		1out of 4 1,190 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Elstree Screen Arts Academy
Studio Way , Elstree WD6 5NN 		2out of 4 1,870 yd University technical college No Mixed More About School
Yavneh College
Hillside Avenue , WD6 1HL 		4out of 4 2,146 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Radlett Preparatory School Limited
Kendal Hall , Watling Street WD7 7LY 		- not rated 1,928 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
The Haberdashers' Aske Boys School
Butterfly Lane , Elstree WD6 3AF 		- not rated 2,912 yd Other independent school No Boys More About School
Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls, Address
Aldenham Rd , Elstree WD6 3BT 		- not rated 2,912 yd Other independent school No Girls More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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