Parkside Community Primary School is a state-maintained primary school in Borehamwood, United Kingdom with 206 pupils. Ofsted: Good, inspected 14 January 2020. As of 10 November 2026 it is advertising 2 vacancies: Learning Support Assistant (closes 20 November) and Site Manager (closes 13 November).
Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 2 live vacancies.
Head
Emma May-Finnegan, Headteacher
Type
State-maintained, Primary
Pupils
206 pupils · 48% girls · 43.2% eligible for free school meals · 39.0% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
22 (10.3%) on SEN support · 14 (6.6%) with an education, health and care plan DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
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Exam results
Year
KS2 expected
KS2 higher
2024/25
59%
3%
2023/24
62%
7%
2022/23
52%
12%
Department for Education performance tables.
Inspections
Date
Inspection
Outcome
18 March 2025
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
14 January 2020
Graded inspection
Good
29 September 2017
Graded inspection
Requires improvement
Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
6.8
30.3
–
0
£54,516
2024/25
7.8
30.7
26%
0
£57,155
2023/24
11.6
20.7
51%
1
£43,902
2022/23
12.0
19.8
25%
0
£41,893
2021/22
14.6
16.9
45%
0
£44,115
2020/21
17.0
16.8
21%
0
£41,545
Earlier years (2010/11 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
15.1
20.8
13%
0
£40,142
2018/19
18.5
16.4
54%
0
£37,914
2017/18
17.5
19.2
25%
0
£41,124
2016/17
18.5
19.4
40%
0
£38,143
2015/16
18.1
17.6
24%
0
£36,016
2014/15
18.0
15.8
16%
0
£35,666
2013/14
16.7
15.0
6%
0
£35,805
2012/13
16.5
14.4
27%
0
£33,887
2011/12
13.7
16.1
15%
0
£35,245
2010/11
11.3
17.7
5%
0
£36,970
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
8.0%
1.8%
26.9%
2.8%
2024/25
5.1%
1.2%
16.7%
1.5%
2023/24
5.7%
1.7%
16.9%
1.4%
2022/23
6.7%
1.4%
21.8%
0.5%
2021/22
7.1%
1.9%
22.3%
1.3%
2020/21
4.3%
1.9%
12.6%
1.3%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
5.4%
1.7%
19.5%
0.7%
2017/18
6.4%
1.9%
21.5%
0.3%
2016/17
4.7%
1.5%
13.9%
0.3%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Hiring history
1 past vacancy seen since May 2026: 1 support. Most often advertised: Site Manager. Last advertised October 2026.
Counted from the job services and school websites EduAtlas reads; a school may also advertise elsewhere.
Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Inspection: Ofsted. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.