Parkside Community Primary School
Aycliffe Road, Borehamwood, WD6 4EP
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mrs Emma May-Finnegan
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Hertsmere
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 300
- Pupils on roll
- 213
- URN
- 117562
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02083873000
About this school
Parkside Community Primary School is a foundation primary school in Borehamwood. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 213 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
A short monitoring inspection followed on : inspectors found that standards have been maintained.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 25 | 29 | 39 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 52% | 62% | 59% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 12% | 7% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 60% | 79% | 74% |
| Expected standard in maths | 80% | 76% | 74% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 68% | 79% | 79% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 106.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | -4.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -3.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.00 | - | - |
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 | Hertfordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 52% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 62% | 60.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 59% | 61% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 247 |
| 2023/24 | 247 |
| 2024/25 | 246 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Parkside Community Primary School compares
Parkside Community Primary School ranked 228th of 339 primary schools in Hertfordshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 38% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 56% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 59% | 5.1% | 45.2% | 213 | — |
| Meryfield Primary School | 58% | 5.4% | 25.4% | 450 | 0.4 miles |
| Woodlands Primary School | 66% | 7.5% | 35% | 218 | 0.5 miles |
| Cowley Hill School | 75% | 5.8% | 27.8% | 416 | 0.5 miles |
| St Teresa Catholic Primary School | 63% | 4.3% | 15.5% | 196 | 0.8 miles |
| Hertsmere Jewish Primary School | 80% | 3.5% | 4.3% | 422 | 1.1 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
-
Ungraded inspection report19 March 2025
- 14 January 2020
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 45.21%
- English as an additional language
- 41.1%
- Overall absence
- 5.13%
- Persistent absence
- 14.65%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Meryfield Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Borehamwood
-
Woodlands Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Borehamwood
-
Cowley Hill School0.5 miles
Primary · Borehamwood
-
St Teresa Catholic Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Borehamwood
-
Hertsmere Jewish Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Radlett
Other schools in Borehamwood
Parkside Community Primary School ranks 5th of the 10 ranked primary schools in Borehamwood.
- Cowley Hill School Primary
- Kenilworth Primary School Primary
- Meryfield Primary School Primary
- Monksmead School Primary
- Saffron Green Primary School Primary
- St Teresa Catholic Primary School Primary
- Summerswood Primary School Primary
- Woodlands Primary School Primary
- Yavneh Primary School Primary
- Elstree Screen Arts Academy Secondary
- Hertswood Academy Secondary
- Yavneh College Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Parkside Community Primary School teach?
- Parkside Community Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Borehamwood.
- Who is the headteacher of Parkside Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Parkside Community Primary School is Mrs Emma May-Finnegan, 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 213 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Parkside Community Primary School full?
- Parkside Community Primary School has capacity for 300 pupils and 213 on roll (71%), so it has space against 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 52% in 2022/23 and 59% 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 228th of 339 primary schools in Hertfordshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 38% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 56% 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 5.1% 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.