Parkhill Junior School
Lord Avenue, Clayhall, Ilford, IG5 0DB
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Denise Hughes-Mulhall
- Constituency
- Ilford North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 480
- Pupils on roll
- 442
- URN
- 133939
- Local authority
- Redbridge
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02085505253
About this school
Parkhill Junior School is a community primary school in Ilford. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 442 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
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 1 March 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 120 | 118 | 112 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 78% | 69% | 82% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 15% | 13% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 85% | 84% | 88% |
| Expected standard in maths | 83% | 78% | 88% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 88% | 81% | 94% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 107.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 107.0 | 109.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.20 | - | - |
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 Parkhill 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 | Redbridge average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 78% | 67.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 69% | 71.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 82% | 72% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 465 |
| 2023/24 | 458 |
| 2024/25 | 457 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Parkhill Junior School compares
Parkhill Junior School ranked 15th of 53 primary schools in Redbridge 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 40% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 82% | 6% | 17.5% | 442 | — |
| Parkhill Infants' School | — | 6% | 10.5% | 381 | 0.0 miles |
| Glade Primary School | 79% | 6.6% | 18.9% | 428 | 0.5 miles |
| Gilbert Colvin Primary School | 75% | 5.4% | 28.6% | 344 | 0.6 miles |
| Gearies Primary School | 78% | 5.9% | 10.6% | 884 | 0.7 miles |
| St Augustine's Catholic Primary School | 53% | 5.2% | 23.8% | 406 | 0.7 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)
- 17.51%
- English as an additional language
- 53.6%
- Overall absence
- 5.96%
- Persistent absence
- 12.47%
Location
Nearby schools
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Parkhill Infants' School0.0 miles
Primary · Ilford
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Glade Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Ilford
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Gilbert Colvin Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Ilford
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Gearies Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Ilford
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St Augustine's Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Ilford
Other schools in Ilford
Parkhill Junior School ranks 8th of the 33 ranked primary schools in Ilford.
- Al-Noor Voluntary Aided Muslim Primary School Primary
- Aldborough Primary School Primary
- Christchurch Primary School Primary
- Cleveland Road Primary School Primary
- Clore Tikva School Primary
- Cranbrook Primary School Primary
- Downshall Primary School Primary
- Fairlop Primary School Primary
- Farnham Green Primary School Primary
- Fullwood Primary School Primary
- Gearies Primary School Primary
- Gilbert Colvin Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Parkhill Junior School teach?
- Parkhill Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Ilford.
- Who is the headteacher of Parkhill Junior School?
- The headteacher of Parkhill Junior School is Mrs Denise Hughes-Mulhall, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Parkhill Junior School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Parkhill 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 Parkhill Junior School?
- Parkhill Junior School has 442 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Parkhill Junior School full?
- Parkhill Junior School has capacity for 480 pupils and 442 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 Parkhill Junior School a faith school?
- No. Parkhill Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Parkhill Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Parkhill Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Parkhill Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 78% 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 Parkhill Junior School rank locally?
- Parkhill Junior School ranked 15th of 53 primary schools in Redbridge 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 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 Parkhill Junior School's absence rate?
- Parkhill Junior School's overall absence rate is 6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Parkhill Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Parkhill 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 1 July 2026.