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Parkland Infant School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMs Sally Simpson

corporate_fareSWALE ACADEMIES TRUST

location_onEastbourne, BN22 9QJ

language Visit Website phone 1323502862

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2015

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Students

178

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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Parkland Infant School is a Academy converter primary school in Eastbourne, serving ages 5-7. Rated Good by Ofsted. Demand is above capacity (1.0×) — apply through your local authority on time.

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School Summary

Parkland Infant School is an academy converter in Eastbourne, East Sussex, admitting pupils aged 5-7. It is part of SWALE ACADEMIES TRUST. The school has approximately 179 pupils on roll, of whom 27% are eligible for free school meals.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2015. The school's current overall rating is Good.

The school is oversubscribed — in the most recent cycle, there were 1.0× as many applications as places, making a successful application competitive.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 19.1:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there was 1 permanent exclusion. The average suspension rate was 2.2 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

07 December 2021

Inspection Report

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06 September 2017

Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2015-12-03

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 EIF

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2013-07-09

None EIF

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.6%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.6%(1 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

1pupils

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National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 179 pupils. During this period, there were 1 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.6%, which is below the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2024/25 (Spring term)	179	1	0.6%	0.8%	1
2024/25 (Autumn term)	180	7	3.9%	0.9%	0
2023/24 (Summer term)	179	6	3.4%	0.8%	0
2023/24 (Spring term)	179	10	5.6%	0.7%	0
2023/24 (Autumn term)	179	10	5.6%	0.8%	0
2022/23 (Summer term)	178	0	0.0%	0.7%	0
2022/23 (Spring term)	178	0	0.0%	0.6%	0
2022/23 (Autumn term)	176	0	0.0%	0.6%	0
2021/22 (Summer term)	169	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Spring term)	165	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Autumn term)	169	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2020/21 (Summer term)	179	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2020/21 (Spring term)	180	0	0.0%	0.1%	0
2020/21 (Autumn term)	178	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Summer term)	178	0	0.0%	0.0%	0
2019/20 (Spring term)	178	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Autumn term)	177	0	0.0%	0.6%	0
2018/19 (Summer term)	176	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2018/19 (Spring term)	178	1	0.6%	0.5%	0
2018/19 (Autumn term)	179	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Summer term)	179	7	3.9%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Spring term)	178	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2017/18 (Autumn term)	178	4	2.2%	0.5%	0

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 7 pupils

Speech, Language & Communication 4 pupils

Physical Disability 1 pupils