Parkside Community Primary School is a primary school located in Canterbury. 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 06/06/2019. According to tests results, the school's progress in writing is well above average, progress in reading and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 10.4%, which is 6.4 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Tennyson Avenue, Canterbury, CT1 1EP
Website: www.parksidecommunityprimaryschool.co.uk
Telephone: 01227464956
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Kent
Headteacher / Principal: Mr James Williams
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 118536

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 06/06/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 210
Number of Pupils: 113
Number of Boys: 55
Number of Girls: 58

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 10.4% 4%
Persistent absence: 36.2% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Well Above Average: 2.4 Confidence interval -0.8 to 5.5
Writing
Well Above Average: 3.5 Confidence interval 0.8 to 6.2
Maths
Average: 2.5 Confidence interval -0.2 to 5.2

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:47%
England Average:65%

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

School:12%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:102
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:104
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Parkside Community Primary School
Tennyson Avenue , CT1 1EP
2out of 4 0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Canterbury
99 Military Road , CT1 1NE
4out of 4 1,708 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
St Johns Church of England Primary School
St John's Place , Northgate CT1 1BD
3out of 4 1,865 yd Voluntary controlled school Yes Mixed More About School
St Stephen's Infant School
Hales Drive , St Stephen's CT2 7AB
- not rated 2,039 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
St Stephen's Junior School
Hales Drive , St Stephens CT2 7AD
3out of 4 2,040 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Barton Court Grammar School
Longport , CT1 1PH
4out of 4 1,821 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The Archbishop's School
St Stephens Hill , CT2 7AP
3out of 4 2,518 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School
Old Dover Road , CT1 3EW
3out of 4 2,976 yd Voluntary controlled school No Girls More About School
St Anselm's Catholic School, Canterbury
Old Dover Road , CT1 3EN
3out of 4 3,178 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Canterbury Christ Church University
North Holmes Road , CT1 1QU
- not rated 1,666 yd Higher education institutions Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Junior King's School
Milner Court , Sturry CT2 0AY
- not rated 1,676 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
The King's School Canterbury
25 The Precincts , CT1 2ES
- not rated 1,889 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
CATS Canterbury
68 New Dover Road , 68 New Dover Road CT1 3LQ
- not rated 2,479 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
Bemix
Roper Road , CT2 7ER
- not rated 2,539 yd Special post 16 institution Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.