Pupil Progress & Attainment

Progress and Attainment of Pupils at Parkside Middle School

Every single member of staff works hard to make sure pupils do as well as they can.’ Ofsted

We are proud of the progress our pupils make during their time at Parkside Middle School in all year groups. Below is the percentage of pupils making expected and above expected progress from entry in year 5 to exit in year 8.

It is important to remember that as a middle school, the progress pupils make must be judged from the time they join the school in year 5 to when they leave in year 8.  The DfE judges middle schools using the national comparator based on progress from end of KS1 (end of year 2) to end of KS2 (end of year 6).  This comparator does not take into account that 50% of KS2 (year 3 and 4) relates to time when the pupils were not attending middle school.  It also does not acknowledge the progress made by pupils in years 7 and 8 (KS3). 

Parkside Middle School, along with all the middle schools in the Bromsgrove, use externally benchmarked, moderated and validated assessments to judge the progress pupils make across the four years at the school. Pupils are tested in English and Maths at the end of each year and on entry into year 5 to provide us with robust and accurate data to measure pupil progress.

Entry Data

Entry data from the year 5 baselines shows the pupils are always significantly below the national average in Maths and in line with the national average in English. 

Progress (Entry to Exit) of pupils leaving Parkside Middle School in July 2023

*Please note: pupils that score extremely high on baseline cannot make more than expected progress due to their starting point.

Maths Progress from Entry

Attainment on Entry Number of Pupils % making expected
progress
% Making more than
expected progress
Low4210095
Middle719488
High14100100
Whole Cohort1279791
Disadvantaged 289679
SEND 229182
Girls449889
Boys 839690

English Progress from Entry

Attainment on Entry Number of Pupils % making expected
progress
% Making more than
expected progress
Low279484
Middle689362
High317349
Whole Cohort1268863
Disadvantaged 278967
SEND228645
Girls439167
Boys838461

*14 pupils joined within the 4 years these pupils are not included in the data
*This cohort had remote learning in Year 5 and Year 6

Progress (Entry to Exit) of pupils leaving Parkside Middle School in July 2022

Maths Progress from Entry

Attainment on Entry Number of Pupils % making expected
progress
% Making more than
expected progress
Low 4010090
Middle799689
High159660
Whole Cohort1349788
Disadvantaged339787
SEND219586
Girls779586
Boys5810095

English Progress from Entry

Attainment on Entry Number of Pupils % making expected
progress
% Making more than
expected progress
Low279778
Middle789375
High339341
Whole Cohort1389171
Disadvantaged359171
SEND239178
Girls789169
Boys609072

*7 pupils joined within the 4 years these pupils are not included in the data
*This cohort had remote learning in Year 6 and Year 7

Government Performance Tables

The government will not publish KS2 school level data for the 2021 to 2022 academic year. They have archived data from the 2018 to 2019 academic year because they recognise that the data from that year may no longer reflect current performance.

Parkside Middle School - Find school and college performance data in England - GOV.UK (find-school-performance-data.service.gov.uk)