Park Road Community Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 25 November 2025

Park Road Community Primary School is a community in which pupils thrive and families feel at home. Leaders have established an ambitious curriculum that pupils enjoy learning. Pupils achieve well and secure the important knowledge that they need for their future lives. Staff know each pupil in this school as an individual. The care that staff offer to pupils inspires other pupils to offer that same care to each other. Pupils know that they belong here. When pupils face barriers to their learning, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities, they receive precise support. Adults routinely provide expert help that is carefully shaped around pupils' individual needs. Any gaps in pupils' learning close rapidly. Pupils who are disadvantaged thrive in this school. The extensive opportunities that pupils receive to develop their character are a golden thread at Park Road. Through their leadership roles, pupils make tangible contributions to their school. Leaders deliberately extend pupils' experiences well beyond the curriculum. This is tailored for pupils in this school so that every pupil has a rich range of opportunities. Pupils regularly host a community café for their local community. Some plan an annual flower show for the community. Often, pupils are inspired to take this community work further and make their own contributions, for example raising funds for a local food bank. Pupils behave exceptionally well. From the earliest years, pupils learn the routines and behaviours that set them up for success in future life. Bullying is very rare. If it happens, it is dealt with quickly. Pupils are safe and happy in school. They are eager to attend, and attendance is high. One parent summed up the views of many, saying, 'Everything is centred around the children, their families and the wider community.'

What the school should improve

• Leaders should ensure that the assessments made of what children in the early years already know and can do are used to enhance and shape resources and activities that support children to deepen their learning.
• Leaders should make sure that in English and mathematics, staff use their knowledge of what pupils can already do to design new learning that better supports pupils to achieve highly over time.

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