Park Way Primary School | Primary in Maidstone | Ofsted & DfE

53%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

310

Pupils · 2024/25

35%

EAL · 2024/25

12%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

53%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

310

Pupils · 2024/25

35%

EAL · 2024/25

12%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

53%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

310

Pupils · 2024/25

35%

EAL · 2024/25

12%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 10/07/2024

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityKent

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio25.5:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Park Way Primary School · Primary · Kent

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

53%

-8pp

67%60%53%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 53%

RWM higher standard

0pp

11%7%2%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 2%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

78%

Reading higher standard

22%

Writing expected standard

73%

Writing higher standard

13%

Maths expected standard

67%

Maths higher standard

Science expected standard

84%

SPAG expected standard

76%

SPAG higher standard

Reading scaled score

105.0

Maths scaled score

102.0

GPS scaled score

103.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

310

Pupil : teacher ratio

25.5

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

35%

FSM eligible

31%

SEN

10%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

12%

Contact

Address

Park Way, Maidstone, ME15 7AH

Local authority

Kent

Website

http://www.park-way.kent.sch.uk

Telephone

01622753651

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	53%	2%	78%	22%	73%	13%	67%	9%	84%	76%	105.0	102.0	103.0	—	—	—	10%	310
2023/24	61%	2%	98%	39%	77%	11%	80%	9%	82%	77%	109.0	104.0	104.0	—	—	—	10%	311
2022/23	61%	11%	77%	30%	75%	27%	77%	20%	77%	77%	106.0	105.0	105.0	-1.30	+0.30	-1.60	10%	316
2018/19	64%	7%	84%	32%	77%	30%	89%	32%	84%	80%	106.0	106.0	107.0	+1.60	+0.70	+1.40	10%	308
2017/18	67%	7%	82%	33%	76%	29%	91%	16%	80%	82%	106.0	105.0	105.0	+1.90	+0.70	+0.80	11%	317
2016/17	64%	7%	80%	22%	76%	13%	80%	27%	73%	78%	104.0	104.0	105.0	+2.70	+1.40	+2.40	10%	312

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	310	24.1	10%	35%	31%	6%	12%
2023/24	311	22.5	10%	32%	30%	6%	15%
2022/23	316	26.3	10%	31%	28%	6%	18%
2021/22	316	26.3	13%	29%	30%	5%	14%
2020/21	312	24.0	12%	28%	33%	—	—
2018/19	308	22.6	10%	26%	27%	5%	14%
2017/18	317	21.7	11%	27%	28%	5%	13%
2016/17	312	19.4	10%	23%	32%	5%	16%