Parks Primary School | Primary in Leicester | Ofsted & DfE

85%

RWM expected · 2024/25

15%

RWM higher · 2024/25

451

Pupils · 2024/25

35%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

85%

RWM expected · 2024/25

15%

RWM higher · 2024/25

451

Pupils · 2024/25

35%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

85%

RWM expected · 2024/25

15%

RWM higher · 2024/25

451

Pupils · 2024/25

35%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Not judged

Ofsted inspection · 01/10/2024

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityLeicester

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio20.4:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Parks Primary School · Primary · Leicester

How does this school perform?

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

RWM expected standard

85%

+1pp

85%80%75%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 85%

RWM higher standard

15%

-4pp

24%14%4%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 15%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

95%

Reading higher standard

52%

Writing expected standard

87%

Writing higher standard

20%

Maths expected standard

93%

Maths higher standard

48%

Science expected standard

97%

SPAG expected standard

90%

SPAG higher standard

53%

Reading scaled score

110.0

Maths scaled score

109.0

GPS scaled score

111.0

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

451

Pupil : teacher ratio

20.4

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

35%

FSM eligible

41%

SEN

16%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

15%

Contact

Address

1 Gillman Road, Leicester, LE3 9NS

Local authority

Leicester

Website

www.parksprimary.org/

Telephone

01162872414

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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	85%	15%	95%	52%	87%	20%	93%	48%	97%	90%	110.0	109.0	111.0	—	—	—	16%	451
2023/24	84%	19%	97%	50%	86%	26%	90%	41%	91%	97%	111.0	108.0	112.0	—	—	—	15%	453
2022/23	78%	22%	87%	53%	80%	25%	93%	53%	93%	90%	110.0	110.0	110.0	+5.70	+3.40	+5.50	15%	455
2018/19	81%	24%	92%	46%	85%	34%	95%	42%	81%	90%	109.0	109.0	112.0	+6.90	+4.20	+5.80	14%	488
2017/18	75%	4%	83%	38%	90%	38%	92%	19%	96%	94%	107.0	106.0	109.0	+3.60	+4.90	+3.20	15%	493
2016/17	76%	16%	86%	36%	84%	36%	84%	31%	84%	90%	108.0	106.0	108.0	+6.30	+5.10	+4.60	15%	467

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	451	17.6	16%	35%	41%	5%	15%
2023/24	453	18.7	15%	35%	39%	5%	10%
2022/23	455	17.3	15%	32%	43%	5%	13%
2021/22	464	17.4	14%	30%	45%	6%	16%
2020/21	487	18.2	13%	30%	44%	—	—
2018/19	488	18.4	14%	28%	47%	4%	10%
2017/18	493	17.0	15%	25%	48%	4%	11%
2016/17	467	17.4	15%	22%	53%	4%	9%