Parkview Academy
8 Approach Road, Margate, CT9 2AN
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mr Steven Bing
- Constituency
- East Thanet
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 25
- Pupils on roll
- 4
- URN
- 144475
- Local authority
- Kent
- Telephone
- 01843606817
About this school
Parkview Academy is an independent special school in Kent. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 4 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Parkview Academy under its current framework. 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
Parkview Academy has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in March 2017, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Parkview Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 15 |
| 2023/24 | 15 |
| 2024/25 | 7 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 4
- Pupils on SEN support
- 0
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Anthony's School0.7 miles
Special schools · Margate
-
Life Skills Enterprise1.0 miles
Special schools · Margate
-
Cherry Tree1.3 miles
Special schools
-
Enterprise Learning Alliance1.3 miles
Local authority maintained schools · Margate
-
Liberty College1.3 miles
Other types · Margate
Common questions
- What year groups does Parkview Academy teach?
- Parkview Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a special school in Kent.
- Who is the headteacher of Parkview Academy?
- The headteacher of Parkview Academy is Mr Steven Bing, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Parkview Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Parkview Academy under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Parkview Academy?
- Parkview Academy has 4 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Parkview Academy full?
- Parkview Academy has capacity for 25 pupils and 4 on roll (16%), 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 Parkview Academy a faith school?
- No. Parkview Academy has no designated religious character.
- What are Parkview Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Parkview Academy'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 24 July 2026.