Park View Primary School, Basingstoke
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
Estimated admission likelihood based on school density and oversubscription data
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Park View is a genuinely inclusive school where every child feels valued and belongs. The school combines ambitious teaching with expert support for vulnerable learners, ensuring disadvantaged pupils and those with special needs achieve particularly well. Children benefit from a rich curriculum with excellent early years foundations, extensive enrichment activities, and strong focus on developing confident speakers and independent learners.
Key Strengths
- Exceptional early years provision with strong focus on communication, language and phonics from Nursery onwards
- Highly effective inclusion and special needs support, with skilled adaptation of teaching for all learners
- Broad personal development programme with extensive trips, clubs and enrichment opportunities
- Strong mathematics achievement and school-wide focus on oracy to improve speaking and writing
- Inclusive culture where pupils develop sophisticated understanding of equality, respect and British values
Areas for Improvement
- Further improvement needed in writing outcomes beyond the focus on oracy
- Achievement in some areas remains at expected rather than strong standard
- Attendance remains broadly in line with national figures rather than above
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - leaders have established an open culture in which safeguarding is everyone's responsibility, concerns are actively identified and acted upon, and pupils feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Wellbeing clubs, cooking sessions, young carers programme, careers fair, trips, enrichment opportunities
Park View Primary School is an inclusive, ambitious school where pupils feel safe and valued. Leaders have effectively removed barriers to learning and created a nurturing environment where all pupils, including the most vulnerable, thrive.
At a Glance
50.4%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
HI - Hearing Impairment
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 72% to 79%. Maths has improved from 75% to 90%. Writing has remained stable at around 67%.
Class Sizes
25.4
Avg class size
26.4
Infant (KS1)
28.8
KS2
12
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
94%
Near capacity
432 pupils
460 capacity
28 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Basingstoke
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Basingstoke
Admissions Demand - Hampshire
Places available
15,583
Applications
13,385
Got 1st preference
92.3%
Got preferred school
98.7%
Primary admissions across Hampshire (2025/26)
Inspection History(111)
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SEN Provision
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
5.96876%
Overall absence
17.41573%
Persistent absence
356
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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