The Park Junior School

Community school · Primary school · Mansfield, Derbyshire
NG20 8JX
Composite score
49.9

About The Park Junior School

The Park Junior School is a primary school in Mansfield, Derbyshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 257 pupils aged 7 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Requires improvement' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 66% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 14.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 6% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). If you are considering The Park Junior School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links further down the page.

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#7,303
National rank
#589
In East Midlands
#116
In Derbyshire
Top 49%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
66%
% achieving higher RWM
6%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
Maths progress

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

School profile

Pupils on roll 257 % FSM ever-6 35.8% % EAL 14.4% Age range 7–11 Gender Mixed

Location

Nearby primary schools

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