Parkside Community Primary School
Beechwood Lane, Heathfield, TN21 8QQ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Headteacher Derek Hollywood
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Sussex Weald
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 225
- URN
- 114482
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01435864577
About this school
Parkside Community Primary School is a community primary school in Heathfield. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 225 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 30 | 30 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 77% | 63% | 72% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 7% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 87% | 67% | 83% |
| Expected standard in maths | 93% | 83% | 83% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 77% | 70% | 83% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 105.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.50 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Parkside Community Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | East Sussex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 77% | 54.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 56.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 72% | 57.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 237 |
| 2023/24 | 241 |
| 2024/25 | 246 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Parkside Community Primary School compares
Parkside Community Primary School ranked 30th of 131 primary schools in East Sussex for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 71% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 72% | 6% | 12.6% | 225 | — |
| All Saints' and St Richard's Church of England Primary School | 58% | 8.4% | 11.5% | 86 | 0.5 miles |
| Cross-in-Hand Church of England Primary School | 70% | 5.2% | 14.3% | 379 | 1.1 miles |
| Maynards Green Community Primary School | 68% | 6% | 12% | 205 | 1.2 miles |
| Punnetts Town Community Primary and Nursery School | 71% | 4.2% | 4% | 121 | 1.8 miles |
| Five Ashes CofE Primary School | 82% | 5.1% | 22.8% | 53 | 3.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 12.62%
- English as an additional language
- 3.3%
- Overall absence
- 5.95%
- Persistent absence
- 11.96%
Location
Nearby schools
-
All Saints' and St Richard's Church of England Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Heathfield
-
Cross-in-Hand Church of England Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Heathfield
-
Maynards Green Community Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Heathfield
-
Punnetts Town Community Primary and Nursery School1.8 miles
Primary · Heathfield
-
Five Ashes CofE Primary School3.5 miles
Primary · Mayfield
Other schools in Heathfield
Parkside Community Primary School ranks 1st of the 6 ranked primary schools in Heathfield.
- All Saints' and St Richard's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Cross-in-Hand Church of England Primary School Primary
- Dallington Church of England Primary School Primary
- Maynards Green Community Primary School Primary
- Punnetts Town Community Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Heathfield Community College Secondary
- St Mary's School Academies
Common questions
- What year groups does Parkside Community Primary School teach?
- Parkside Community Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Heathfield.
- Who is the headteacher of Parkside Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Parkside Community Primary School is Headteacher Derek Hollywood, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Parkside Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Parkside Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Parkside Community Primary School?
- Parkside Community Primary School has 225 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Parkside Community Primary School full?
- Parkside Community Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 225 on roll (107%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Parkside Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Parkside Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Parkside Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Parkside Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Parkside Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 77% in 2022/23 and 72% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Parkside Community Primary School rank locally?
- Parkside Community Primary School ranked 30th of 131 primary schools in East Sussex for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 71% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Parkside Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Parkside Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Parkside Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Parkside Community Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.