Park Hill Junior School
Parkfield Drive, Kenilworth, CV8 2JJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Executive Headteacher
- Miss Lizzy Biggs
- Federation
- Thorns and Park Hill Federation
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- Constituency
- Kenilworth and Southam
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 264
- Pupils on roll
- 249
- URN
- 125552
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01926855974
About this school
Park Hill Junior School is a community primary school in Kenilworth. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 249 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- 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 | 64 | 67 | 65 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 70% | 76% | 66% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 17% | 12% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 77% | 85% | 86% |
| Expected standard in maths | 77% | 85% | 83% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 81% | 82% | 78% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109.0 | 108.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 108.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.90 | - | - |
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 Park Hill Junior 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 | Warwickshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 70% | 58.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 76% | 58.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 66% | 59.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 260 |
| 2023/24 | 261 |
| 2024/25 | 236 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Park Hill Junior School compares
Park Hill Junior School ranked 68th of 162 primary schools in Warwickshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 55% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 81% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 66% | 4.2% | 6.8% | 249 | — |
| Thorns Community Infant School | — | 3.6% | 3.4% | 169 | 0.6 miles |
| St Nicholas CofE Primary School | 64% | 3.6% | 7.4% | 414 | 0.7 miles |
| St Augustine's Catholic Primary School | 68% | 3.8% | 7.6% | 181 | 1.1 miles |
| St John's Primary School and Nursery | 83% | 5.4% | 19.1% | 252 | 1.2 miles |
| Clinton Primary School | 84% | 2.2% | 2.8% | 217 | 1.3 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)
- 6.78%
- English as an additional language
- 10.2%
- Overall absence
- 4.17%
- Persistent absence
- 7.72%
Location
Nearby schools
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Thorns Community Infant School0.6 miles
Primary · Kenilworth
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St Nicholas CofE Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Kenilworth
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St Augustine's Catholic Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Kenilworth
-
St John's Primary School and Nursery1.2 miles
Primary · Kenilworth
-
Clinton Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Kenilworth
Other schools in Kenilworth
Park Hill Junior School ranks 6th of the 7 ranked primary schools in Kenilworth.
- Burton Green Church of England Academy Primary
- Clinton Primary School Primary
- Priors Field Primary School Primary
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St John's Primary School and Nursery Primary
- St Nicholas CofE Primary School Primary
- Thorns Community Infant School Primary
- Kenilworth Nursery School & Early Years Training Centre Nursery
- Kenilworth School and Sixth Form Secondary
- Crackley Hall School Independent schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Park Hill Junior School teach?
- Park Hill Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Kenilworth.
- Who is the executive headteacher of Park Hill Junior School?
- The executive headteacher of Park Hill Junior School is Miss Lizzy Biggs, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Park Hill Junior School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Park Hill Junior 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 Park Hill Junior School?
- Park Hill Junior School has 249 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Park Hill Junior School full?
- Park Hill Junior School has capacity for 264 pupils and 249 on roll (94%), 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 Park Hill Junior School a faith school?
- No. Park Hill Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Park Hill Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Park Hill Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Park Hill Junior School?
- Park Hill Junior School is part of the Thorns and Park Hill Federation federation. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Park Hill Junior School have?
- The schools register lists Park Hill Junior 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 Park Hill Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 70% in 2022/23 and 66% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Park Hill Junior School rank locally?
- Park Hill Junior School ranked 68th of 162 primary schools in Warwickshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 55% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 81% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Park Hill Junior School's absence rate?
- Park Hill Junior School's overall absence rate is 4.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Park Hill Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Park Hill Junior 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 15 July 2026.