Parkside Community School
About the school
Parkside Community School is an open secondary school in Derbyshire.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 9 June 2026
- Published
- 16 July 2026
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
Published inspection outcomes
Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 41
- Derbyshire
- 45
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Derbyshire
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 31.50%
- Derbyshire
- 42.90%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 52.20%
- Derbyshire
- 65.10%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 28.30%
- Derbyshire
- 29.80%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 3.57
- Derbyshire
- 3.92
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
572
Girls
45.28%
Boys
54.72%
SEN support
19.41%
Education, health and care plan
4.37%
English as an additional language
10.50%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
51.92%
Overall absence
9.87
Persistent absence
28.41
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
103
Sustained education or employment
84%
Education
77%
Apprenticeship
6%
Employment
2%
Not sustained
13%