Park Grove Primary Academy

About Park Grove Primary Academy

Park Grove Primary Academy sits in York, a local authority where the average proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2 is 62%. Park Grove’s figure of 73% sits comfortably above that LA average, placing the school 11th out of 50 primary schools in the area and inside the top 25% nationally. That gap is meaningful for parents weighing up options in a competitive city where only four primaries hold an Outstanding Ofsted rating. Park Grove itself is rated Good, a rating it has held since its 2016 graded inspection, and an ungraded visit in 2021 confirmed it remains Good. The school has clearly improved from its previous Requires Improvement rating in 2013, with leadership and management and early years provision both judged Good in the most recent graded inspection.

Digging into the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, the picture is solid across the board. 88% of pupils met the expected standard in maths, and 85% did so in reading, while 80% hit the mark in writing. At the higher standard, maths leads with 41% of pupils achieving that level, followed by reading at 37% and writing at 15%; 12% of pupils reached the higher standard across all three subjects. Average scaled scores of 107 in maths and 106 in reading are both above the national benchmark of 100. The school does not publish Progress 8 scores, which is typical for primary schools, but the attainment data alone suggests pupils are performing well relative to the York average. With a ranking score of 73 on the expected standard metric, Park Grove is a strong, above-average performer in its local authority.

The school is oversubscribed: for 30 places in 2025/26, it received 74 applications, with 29 first-preference offers made. That 2.47 oversubscription ratio tells you it is a popular choice among York families. Facilities include a gymnasium, library, sensory room, playing fields and even a chapel, and the sports programme covers athletics, cricket, tennis, rounders, swimming and cross country. Clubs run the gamut from science and coding to book and film clubs. SEND provision is broad, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language issues, physical disability and autistic spectrum disorder. With 16.3% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the intake is reasonably diverse. Park Grove suits families who want a well-regarded, oversubscribed state primary with strong core results and a wide range of enrichment, all within a Good-rated setting.

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