Parkside Middle School, Bromsgrove

From the headteacher's welcome: "At Parkside Middle School we aim to provide opportunity for everyone and enable success for all. We seek to develop academic excellence with an inspiring curriculum that ensures our pupils are knowledgeable about the world in which they live and where creativity and curiosity thrive. Our values promote kindness, resilience, respect, honesty and teamwork."

On phones, the school says: "It may be necessary to also confiscate something inappropriate for school, for example, a mobile phone when not used appropriately."

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils at Parkside Middle School reached the expected standard in reading and 66% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 74% in Worcestershire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (69% in reading, 69% in maths).

Across Worcestershire, 88% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 96% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Worcestershire lodged 180 appeals against secondary school offers; 134 reached a hearing and 36 succeeded (26.9% of those heard).

The nearest other state secondary schools to Parkside Middle School are North Bromsgrove High School (0.3 miles, Attainment 8 43.4); St John's Church of England Middle School Academy (0.7 miles, Good); Aston Fields Middle School (1.1 miles, Outstanding); and South Bromsgrove High (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45).

61 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Parkside Middle School (as of September 2025): 79% would recommend the school, 85% say their child is happy there and 68% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they are kept well informed about progress (85%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (68%).

1.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (87%) and Mixed (7%).

In 2026, 111 pupils (18.7%) received SEN support and 37 (6.2%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Parkside Middle School has a SEN unit for autism: 12 places, 12 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Bromsgrove Rail Station, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Princess of Wales Hospital (opposite), 150 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 132 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Worcestershire (78), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Parkside Middle School issued 40 suspensions, 6.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Parkside Middle School are Meadows First School (under 0.1 miles), Finstall First School (0.7 miles), The Orchards School (0.8 miles) and Lickey End First School (0.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.