Parkside Primary School
Western Road, Goole, DN14 6RQ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Samantha O'Brien
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- Constituency
- Goole and Pocklington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 445
- Pupils on roll
- 408
- URN
- 117935
- Local authority
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01405763634
About this school
Parkside Primary School is a community primary school in Goole. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 408 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 did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. 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
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 87 | 86 | 92 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 54% | 41% | 42% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 1% | 1% | 1% |
| Expected standard in reading | 63% | 59% | 61% |
| Expected standard in maths | 67% | 55% | 55% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 68% | 59% | 53% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 102.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 101.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.20 | - | - |
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 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 Riding of Yorkshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 54% | 57.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 41% | 58.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 42% | 57.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 541 |
| 2023/24 | 509 |
| 2024/25 | 445 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Parkside Primary School compares
Parkside Primary School ranked 92nd of 106 primary schools in East Riding of Yorkshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 13% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 49% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 42% | 5.5% | 19.6% | 408 | — |
| Boothferry Primary School | 52% | 5.5% | 28.4% | 389 | 0.7 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Goole | 63% | 4.7% | 33.3% | 102 | 0.7 miles |
| Airmyn Park Primary School | 56% | 4.8% | 12.3% | 105 | 0.7 miles |
| Kingsway Primary School | 33% | 7.6% | 39.3% | 383 | 1.1 miles |
| Hook Church of England Primary School | 65% | 3.7% | 13.7% | 183 | 1.5 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 19.55%
- English as an additional language
- 15.7%
- Overall absence
- 5.49%
- Persistent absence
- 15.55%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Boothferry Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Goole
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Goole0.7 miles
Primary · Goole
-
Airmyn Park Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Goole
-
Kingsway Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Goole
-
Hook Church of England Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Goole
Other schools in Goole
Parkside Primary School ranks 14th of the 18 ranked primary schools in Goole.
- Airmyn Park Primary School Primary
- Barmby-on-the-Marsh Primary School Primary
- Boothferry Primary School Primary
- Carlton Primary School Primary
- Cowick Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Eastrington Primary School Primary
- Hook Church of England Primary School Primary
- Howden Junior School Primary
- Kellington Primary School Primary
- Kingsway Primary School Primary
- Marshlands Primary School Primary
- Pollington-Balne Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Parkside Primary School teach?
- Parkside Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Goole.
- Who is the headteacher of Parkside Primary School?
- The headteacher of Parkside Primary School is Miss Samantha O'Brien, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Parkside Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Parkside 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 Primary School?
- Parkside Primary School has 408 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Parkside Primary School full?
- Parkside Primary School has capacity for 445 pupils and 408 on roll (92%), 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 Primary School a faith school?
- No. Parkside Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Parkside Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Parkside Primary School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Parkside Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Parkside Primary School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Parkside Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 54% in 2022/23 and 42% 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 Primary School rank locally?
- Parkside Primary School ranked 92nd of 106 primary schools in East Riding of Yorkshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 13% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 49% 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 Primary School's absence rate?
- Parkside Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Parkside Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Parkside 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.