School Summary

Parkfields Middle School


Boys: 248
Girls: 224
Total Pupils: 472
Opened: 01-06-2020
Ofsted:
Headteacher: James Hughes
Parkfields Middle School
Park Road
Dunstable
Bedfordshire
LU5 6AB
Telephone: 01525872555
Website: http://www.parkfieldsschool.co.uk

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AdministrativeWard (name): Toddington
AdmissionsPolicy (code): 0
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Boarders (code): 1
Boarders (name): No boarders
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CensusDate: 20-01-2022
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County (name): Bedfordshire
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Diocese (code): 0000
Diocese (name): Not applicable
DistrictAdministrative (code): E06000056
DistrictAdministrative (name): Central Bedfordshire
EBD (name): Not applicable
Easting: 500729
EdByOther (name): Not applicable
EstablishmentAccredited (code): 0
EstablishmentAccredited (name): Not applicable
EstablishmentName: Parkfields Middle School
EstablishmentNumber: 4054
EstablishmentStatus (code): 1
EstablishmentStatus (name): Open
EstablishmentTypeGroup (code): 10
EstablishmentTypeGroup (name): Academies
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GOR (name): East of England
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Gender (code): 3
Gender (name): Mixed
HeadFirstName: James
HeadLastName: Hughes
HeadPreferredJobTitle: Headteacher
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LA (code): 823
LA (name): Central Bedfordshire
LSOA (code): E01017620
LSOA (name): Central Bedfordshire 019C
LastChangedDate: 09-05-2023
Locality: Toddington
MSOA (code): E02003637
MSOA (name): Central Bedfordshire 019
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Northing: 229074
NumberOfBoys: 248
NumberOfGirls: 224
NumberOfPupils: 472
NurseryProvision (name): No Nursery Classes
OfficialSixthForm (code): 2
OfficialSixthForm (name): Does not have a sixth form
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OpenDate: 01-06-2020
ParliamentaryConstituency (code): E14000813
ParliamentaryConstituency (name): Mid Bedfordshire
PercentageFSM: 7.00
PhaseOfEducation (code): 5
PhaseOfEducation (name): Middle deemed secondary
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Postcode: LU5 6AB
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PreviousLA (code): 820
PreviousLA (name): Pre LGR (2009) Bedfordshire
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RSCRegion (name): North-West London and South-Central England
ReasonEstablishmentClosed (code): 99
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ReasonEstablishmentOpened (code): 10
ReasonEstablishmentOpened (name): Academy Converter
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SchoolCapacity: 452
SchoolSponsorFlag (name): -
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SchoolWebsite: http://www.parkfieldsschool.co.uk
Section41Approved (name): Not applicable
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SpecialClasses (code): 2
SpecialClasses (name): No Special Classes
StatutoryHighAge: 13
StatutoryLowAge: 9
Street: Park Road
TeenMoth (name): Not applicable
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TelephoneNum: 01525872555
Town: Dunstable
TrustSchoolFlag (code): 3
TrustSchoolFlag (name): Supported by a multi-academy trust
Trusts (code): 17427
Trusts (name): THE PYRAMID SCHOOLS TRUST
TypeOfEstablishment (code): 34
TypeOfEstablishment (name): Academy converter
TypeOfResourcedProvision (name): Resourced provision
UKPRN: 10086149
UPRN: 100081195635
URN: 147804
UrbanRural (code): D1
UrbanRural (name): (England/Wales) Rural town and fringe
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They offer no support with friendships and don't push students to their best ability. Parkfields has a massive bullying problem, people are followed home by other pupils, their lunch box and the food inside it are thrown around and many students have mental health issues because the school offers no support. Don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t listen to the Ofsted reports because Parkfields warns the students 2 days beforehand, clean the school, tell the pupils to be on their best behaviour and make it look decent but it is the worst school I have ever been to. These are only some of the issues with Parkfields. I would not recommend this school to anyone. If I could they would get -10 stars","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"This school has many problems, from ignoring pupils to being illegal on many levels, such as, when I left they didn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t have a SENDCo. They don't take bullying seriously, they know nothing about SEND unless you are deaf or use a wheelchair. 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This school does not take bullying seriously at all and methods used to resolve this type of issue mean the victim is isolated for protection rather then the bully's felt with. That is until the victim is left bruised and the bully is given a week or so off school. If your child is a straight A student and very popular then they will be fine at this school but be prepared to fight if they are anything else.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"My daughter has been at this school for 4 years and cannot wait to leave. In her first year there she was told by her maths teacher she was unteachable, as a child with dyslexia this knocked the little confidence she had. I complain but very little was done and she never revived an apology from the teacher. This school does not take bullying seriously at all and methods used to resolve this type of issue mean the victim is isolated for protection rather then the bully's felt with. 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I 100% recommend this school o stayed though all 4 years there and it was amazing.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"This place was a very good school all of teachers and staff are kind. I left the school in July and I can look back at the school and say that I learnt a lot there. 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