Parkside Community Primary School

State-Funded School

parkside-community-primary-school-east-sussex-south-east

South EastRegion

East SussexLocal Authority

Sussex WealdConstituency

TN21 8QQPostcode

9.5

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Parkside Community Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in East Sussex, South East.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 225 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 24 Mar 2026 · published 21 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 63%
Higher standard: 7%
Reading score: 105
Maths score: 105

Ethnicity

White

91%

Asian

<1%

Mixed

Pupils

225

Total Pupils

57%Boys

43%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 225
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Outstanding (Concerns)

Ungraded inspection on 4 July 2023. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one. Ofsted has scheduled a full graded inspection as a result.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
25 Apr 2017	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.