Parkwood Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · LONDON, Hackney
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.5 miles
Published by Hackney Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2018–2026 (miles)
Parkwood Primary School is a primary school in LONDON, Hackney for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 3 July 2024. Hackney has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Parkwood Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 1.5 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.861 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 350.244 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.94 mi |
| Reception 2022 | Not published |
| Reception 2021 | 0.287 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.311 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.255 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.481 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.5 miles away, the 14th longest of 33 Hackney primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and 2018, having swung sharply between some years.
- In 2026, Reception had 12 first-choice applications for 22 offers (0.5 first choices per offer, the lowest of 50 Hackney primary schools); every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 2024/25: 59% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Hackney.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hackney schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Queen's Drive, Parkwood Primary School, LONDON, N4 2HQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Hackney
- Pupils on roll
- 190 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 49.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 3 July 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending Parkwood.”
- “They are rightly proud to be part of this inclusive community where people respect and care for each other.”
- “Parents and carers value its community feel and many described the way that staff go ‘above and beyond’.”
To improve
- “Changes to the reading curriculum are very recent and not fully embedded.”
- “Leaders have correctly identified that more staff training is needed to ensure that teaching activities are consistently well adapted.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 July 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 59% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 12 first-preference applications, 22 offers in total, 12 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hackney.
- Woodberry Down Community Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Grazebrook Primary School 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Betty Layward Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Holmleigh Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Grasmere Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- William Patten Primary School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Matthias Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lubavitch Girls Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published