Parkview Primary School
Springwood Drive, Oakwood, Derby., DE21 2RQ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Marie Jarvis
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Federation
- Parkview Primary School and Redwood Primary School Federation
- Constituency
- Mid Derbyshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 218
- URN
- 131799
- Local authority
- Derby
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01332835439
About this school
Parkview Primary School is a community primary school in Derby.. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 218 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
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected 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 | 28 | 28 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 70% | 68% | 82% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 23% | 25% | 14% |
| Expected standard in reading | 73% | 68% | 93% |
| Expected standard in maths | 77% | 86% | 93% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 79% | 93% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 107.0 | 110.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.10 | - | - |
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 Parkview 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 | Derby average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 70% | 53.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 68% | 54.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 82% | 55.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 237 |
| 2023/24 | 231 |
| 2024/25 | 221 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Parkview Primary School compares
Parkview Primary School ranked 3rd of 60 primary schools in Derby for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 90% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 82% | 4.3% | 13.3% | 218 | — |
| Breadsall Hill Top Primary School | 43% | 5.7% | 53.9% | 418 | 0.7 miles |
| Cavendish Close Infant School | — | 6% | 33.6% | 287 | 0.7 miles |
| Cavendish Close Junior Academy | 66% | 3.7% | 35% | 288 | 0.8 miles |
| Roe Farm Primary School | 40% | 7.4% | 53% | 347 | 1.0 miles |
| Breadsall CofE VC Primary School | 88% | 2.6% | 6.9% | 116 | 1.0 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)
- 13.27%
- English as an additional language
- 4.1%
- Overall absence
- 4.27%
- Persistent absence
- 9.66%
Location
Nearby schools
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Breadsall Hill Top Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Derby
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Cavendish Close Infant School0.7 miles
Primary · Derby
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Cavendish Close Junior Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Derby
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Roe Farm Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Derby
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Breadsall CofE VC Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Breadsall
Common questions
- What year groups does Parkview Primary School teach?
- Parkview Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Derby..
- Who is the headteacher of Parkview Primary School?
- The headteacher of Parkview Primary School is Miss Marie Jarvis, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Parkview Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Parkview 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 Parkview Primary School?
- Parkview Primary School has 218 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Parkview Primary School full?
- Parkview Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 218 on roll (104%), 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 Parkview Primary School a faith school?
- No. Parkview Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Parkview Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Parkview Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Parkview Primary School?
- Parkview Primary School is part of the Parkview Primary School and Redwood Primary School Federation federation. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Parkview Primary 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 82% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Parkview Primary School rank locally?
- Parkview Primary School ranked 3rd of 60 primary schools in Derby for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 90% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Parkview Primary School's absence rate?
- Parkview Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Parkview Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Parkview 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.