Parkfield School
Hurn, Christchurch, BH23 6DF
This school is closed (it closed in August 2025).
- Phase
- All-through
- School type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 4 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mr Simon Cooper-Hind
- Constituency
- Christchurch
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 60
- Pupils on roll
- 55
- URN
- 146386
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
About this school
Parkfield School was an all-through academy in Christchurch. It taught children aged 4 to 19 and had 55 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Parkfield School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2018, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 51 | 24 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 43% | 54% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 8% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 69% | 67% |
| Expected standard in maths | 45% | 63% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 55% | 63% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.50 | - |
| Writing progress | -1.30 | - |
| Maths progress | -3.50 | - |
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.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 55 | 66 | 55 |
| Attainment 8 score | 30.6 | 33.1 | 39.6 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.93 -1.33 to -0.54 | -0.65 -1.00 to -0.30 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 9% | 24.2% | 45.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 42% | 50% | 54.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 22% | 25.8% | 10.9% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
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 Parkfield 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 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 43% | 56.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 54% | 58.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 59% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 30.6 | 39.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 33.1 | 38.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 39.6 | 40 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 15.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 16.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 13.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 492 |
| 2023/24 | 368 |
| 2024/25 | 55 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Parkfield School compares
Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 37% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 2% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 39.6 | 13.9% | 25.5% | 55 | — |
| Livingstone Academy Bournemouth | — | 6.9% | 25.8% | 1,006 | 3.9 miles |
| St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School | 47 | 7.4% | 13.6% | 1,967 | 4.0 miles |
| Portfield School | — | 8.3% | 34.2% | 144 | 1.4 miles |
| Muscliff Primary School | — | 4.7% | 20.2% | 528 | 1.5 miles |
| The Epiphany School | — | 4.2% | 4.5% | 417 | 1.6 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)
- 25.45%
- English as an additional language
- 18.2%
- Overall absence
- 13.91%
- Persistent absence
- 42.11%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Livingstone Academy Bournemouth3.9 miles
All-through · Bournemouth
-
St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School4.0 miles
All-through · Bournemouth
-
Portfield School1.4 miles
Special schools · Christchurch
-
Muscliff Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Bournemouth
-
The Epiphany School1.6 miles
Primary · Bournemouth
Other schools in Christchurch
- Bransgore Church of England Primary School Primary
- Burton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Christchurch Infant School Primary
- Christchurch Junior School Primary
- Highcliffe St Mark Primary School Primary
- Mudeford Community Infants' School Primary
- Mudeford Junior School Primary
- Somerford Primary School Primary
- Sopley Primary School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Christchurch Primary
- The Priory Church of England Primary School Primary
- Twynham Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Parkfield School teach?
- Parkfield School taught children aged 4 to 19. It was an all-through school in Christchurch.
- Has Parkfield School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Parkfield School 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 Parkfield School?
- Parkfield School had 55 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 19.
- How have Parkfield School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 43% in 2022/23 and 54% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Parkfield School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Parkfield 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 October 2025.