Parkway Academy
Primary school in King's Lynn, Norfolk. Inadequate (Mar 2023). Serious weaknesses.
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 13 March 2023, report published 27 April 2023, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
Serious weaknesses. Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern.
This grade was given to Howard Junior School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Parkway Academy hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Inadequate overall. The lowest grade. The school had serious problems. 2% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Inadequate.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
| Safeguarding effective | No |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around March 2027
The last inspection was in March 2023. Schools are usually inspected about every four years. That’s within the next six months.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2028 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- Under 0.1 milesKing's Oak Academy
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Oct 2024)
- 0.7 milesFairstead Community Primary and Nursery School
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Feb 2025)
- 0.8 milesHighgate Infant School
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Sep 2024)
- 0.9 milesSt Martha's Catholic Primary School
School remains Good (Jan 2024)
- 0.9 milesGaywood Primary School
Report card, Jan 2026: 7 expected
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.