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Parkside Community Primary School
Beechwood Lane, Heathfield TN21 8QQ
Parkside Community Primary School is a primary school maintained by the local authority (East Sussex). It has about 240 boys and girls aged between 2 and 11. In March 2017 the school was rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted.
Particular strengths include Representation, Environment, Attendance and Progress. Relative weaknesses include Admissions and Finances.
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Representation: In balance. The socio-economic mix and ethnic representation are both in balance with the local community. Show details
Environment: Excellent. Air pollution, traffic accidents and crime are all very low.
Attendance: Excellent. Pupil absence rates are quite low and the incidence of persistent absence is very low.
Progress: Excellent. Progress in maths is above average, in reading it is excellent and in writing it is above average. (This takes into account pupils' prior performance. For actual grades, see Attainment.)
Attainment: Above average. Maths attainment is excellent, reading is about average and GPS (grammar, punctuation and spelling) is about average. (This doesn't take into account pupils' prior performance. For that, see Progress.)
Finances: Poor. This is because the school budget has been in deficit
Admissions: Poor. The occupancy rate is very high and the offer rate is very low.
Disadvantaged pupils: There is no information about the progress of disadvantaged pupils.
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