Parkfield Primary School
Dimmock Street, Parkfield, Wolverhampton, WV4 6HB
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- IGNITE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
- Head of School
- Mrs Tracey Robinson
- Constituency
- Wolverhampton South East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 191
- URN
- 144253
- Local authority
- Wolverhampton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01902558627
About this school
Parkfield Primary School is a primary academy in Wolverhampton. It teaches children aged 5 to 11 and has 191 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Parkfield Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
- Needs attention
- 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 | 29 | 29 | 31 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 76% | 83% | 84% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 21% | 7% | 19% |
| Expected standard in reading | 86% | 93% | 90% |
| Expected standard in maths | 97% | 90% | 87% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 83% | 90% | 87% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 106.0 | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 111.0 | 108.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +4.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +3.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +7.80 | - | - |
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 Parkfield 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 | Wolverhampton average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 76% | 59% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 83% | 58.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 84% | 60.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 211 |
| 2023/24 | 208 |
| 2024/25 | 207 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Parkfield Primary School compares
Parkfield Primary School ranked 5th of 63 primary schools in Wolverhampton for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 93% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 20% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 84% | 7.5% | 51.2% | 191 | — |
| St Teresa's Catholic Primary Academy | 70% | 4.2% | 53.9% | 152 | 0.2 miles |
| Spring Vale Primary School | 85% | 4.4% | 43.8% | 464 | 0.4 miles |
| Goldthorn Park Primary School | 65% | 6.6% | 45.5% | 436 | 0.5 miles |
| Lanesfield Primary School | 73% | 6.3% | 47.8% | 283 | 0.6 miles |
| Grove Primary Academy | 57% | 5.8% | 56.1% | 441 | 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 51.21%
- English as an additional language
- 50.7%
- Overall absence
- 7.53%
- Persistent absence
- 23.66%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Teresa's Catholic Primary Academy0.2 miles
Primary · Wolverhampton
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Spring Vale Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Wolverhampton
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Goldthorn Park Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Wolverhampton
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Lanesfield Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Wolverhampton
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Grove Primary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Wolverhampton
Other schools in Wolverhampton
Parkfield Primary School ranks 5th of the 67 ranked primary schools in Wolverhampton.
- Albrighton Primary School & Nursery Primary
- All Saints' CofE Primary School Primary
- Bantock Primary School Primary
- Berrybrook Primary School Primary
- Bhylls Acre Primary School Primary
- Birches First School Primary
- Blakeley Heath Primary School Primary
- Bushbury Hill Primary School Primary
- Bushbury Lane Academy Primary
- Castlecroft Primary School Primary
- Christ Church (Church of England) Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Christ Church (Church of England) Junior School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Parkfield Primary School teach?
- Parkfield Primary School teaches children aged 5 to 11. It is a primary school in Wolverhampton.
- Who is the head of school of Parkfield Primary School?
- The head of school of Parkfield Primary School is Mrs Tracey Robinson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Parkfield Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Parkfield 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 many pupils are at Parkfield Primary School?
- Parkfield Primary School has 191 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- Is Parkfield Primary School full?
- Parkfield Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 191 on roll (91%), 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 Parkfield Primary School a faith school?
- No. Parkfield Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Parkfield Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Parkfield Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Is Parkfield Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Parkfield Primary School is part of IGNITE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Parkfield Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 76% in 2022/23 and 84% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Parkfield Primary School compare with other schools in Wolverhampton?
- Parkfield Primary School ranked 5th of 63 primary schools in Wolverhampton for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 93% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 20% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Parkfield Primary School's absence rate?
- Parkfield Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Parkfield Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Parkfield 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 2 July 2026.