SCHOOL PROFILE

Parkfields Middle School: data, trends and context

Parkfields Middle School is a middle deemed secondary school in Central Bedfordshire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
147804
Phase
Middle deemed secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Central Bedfordshire
Region
East of England
Trust
THE PYRAMID SCHOOLS TRUST
Postcode
LU5 6AB
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
460
FSM eligible
11.3%
EAL / First language other than English
3.9%
SEND (total)
23.5%
SEN Support
17.6%
EHCP
5.9%
White British
77.4%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
93.6%
Overall absence
6.4%
Persistent absence
16.6%
Severe absence
1.9%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
Central BedfordshireLocal authority92.1%7.9%2.2%
East of EnglandRegion91.5%8.5%2.9%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
6.9%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
4.7%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.21%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Parkfields Middle School is a middle deemed secondary school in Central Bedfordshire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.