Search the Community

At Parkfield, we believe that every child should be allowed to find out what their special talents are and to develop skills which will make them a successful and confident learner. Our amazing staff and pupils can speak 58 different languages between them and we enjoy learning about each other's backgrounds, experiences, and traditions. We believe that at Parkfield we provide a positive, friendly, and calm environment that promotes high expectations in a learning culture that values everyone. In August 2013 Parkfield became an Academy sponsored by The Elliot Foundation. We have close links with Parkfield Children's Centre which is next door to our school. Our modern building has lots of beautiful spaces for learning in, both indoors and out of doors. We are especially proud of our fantastic library - we believe all children should love to read. Each year group plans their work around a theme and many of those are inspired by books and stories. At Parkfield Primary School we believe that all children are entitled to a broad and balanced curriculum that is interesting, engaging, and provides a range of learning opportunities that help develop their life-long learning. As we prepare children for life in modern Britain it is central that our curriculum reflects this. We feel that Children must be fully equipped for living in this ever-changing society. We continually promote community cohesion by learning about each others' beliefs, faiths, and cultures, while understanding the expectations for living in modern Britain. At Parkfield Primary School we are committed to ensuring that all children can fully access the curriculum. We modify and differentiate the curriculum for those children with Special Educational Needs. It is our responsibility to maximize the skills, strengths, and talents in all children, enabling them to reach their full potential. Gifted and talented children will be extended to make it challenging and engaging for children who have been identified as being Gifted and Talented. At Parkfield, we are committed to ensuring that every child achieves the best possible outcomes regardless of their ethnicity, gender, cultural background, or learning need. Our practices and procedures are embedded into school life to ensure pupils’ special educational needs are identified quickly. We consider each of the pupils when planning and provide a curriculum that is accessible to all, whatever their individual needs. We acknowledge that some pupils require additional support to ensure access to a full curriculum and, where appropriate, a range of support strategies, including personalized curriculums, are implemented. View full school

Parkfield Community School is a proud, founding member of the Excelsior Academy chain and is a very popular, large three-form entry primary school (with one year group having a fourth form) and a nursery. We are an inclusive, happy, and innovative primary school located in the heart of Saltley in Birmingham. On-site, we are fortunate to have our very own Maths Academy, English Academy, a very well-resourced library, a computer suite, two large halls, a CPD center, a large outdoor playground, an allotment, our sports arena and we are one of the first primary schools in the country to have a dedicated Young Engineers’ Academy. At Parkfield, equality is very important to us and we feel that every child should feel safe, happy, and confident, achieving success within a vibrant and stimulating community. We explore and celebrate differences and diversity through our 'No Outsiders' approach. This ensures that everybody feels welcome and valued in line with the 2010 Equality Act, whatever their race, gender identity, age, disability, sexual orientation, and gender. This is further supported through Parkfield being a Unicef Rights Respecting Level 2 School (the first in Birmingham). We use the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to give us a framework to ensure all pupils receive a good education, are safe, confident, and happy in our care, and have a strong moral compass. We offer a wide range of activities in lesson time, as well as a focus on the basics of reading, writing, and maths. At playtimes and dinnertimes, our playground is a hive of activity, with events and games such as cricket, football, basketball, dancing, skipping, tricycle riding, team building activities, and Connect Four. Many of these are led by adults to ensure our pupils are happy and develop healthy attitudes to sports and games to maintain a healthy lifestyle. At Parkfield Community School, our children come first and our priority is to deliver outstanding teaching and learning whilst at the same time providing rich and truly enjoyable learning experiences for our community of children. Everything we do as a school is to ensure that the children achieve their very best, make outstanding behavioral choices, and show tolerance, respect, and an understanding towards others, no matter their race, religion, gender orientation, age, disabilities, gender, or sexual orientation. We are deeply aware that children only get one chance at their primary education and it is our job to ensure that they all reach for the highest levels of personal achievement and development. We want every child to be successful to reach for success from the very first day they join us and throughout their school lives so that when they leave us, they have a love of learning for the rest of their lives. At Parkfield Community School we will strive to: Provide a safe and stimulating environment that is conducive to all children having the opportunity to reach their full potential. Provide an innovative and supportive culture in which staff is encouraged to extend, develop and share their expertise. Value the achievements of all children, both in and out of school, and provide opportunities to develop self-confidence and a positive self-image. Ensure that everybody is welcome in our school, irrespective of race, religion, gender orientation, age, disabilities, gender, or sexual orientation, and that differences are celebrated. Provide a curriculum that is broad, balanced, progressive, and appropriately differentiated. Encourage each individual to take responsibility for their behavior and to act as an outstanding role model to others. Encourage children to become good citizens, within a multi-cultural society, by developing caring attitudes and respect towards themselves, other children, adults, and their community. View full school