Newsletters & Updates
17/7/25
Dear Parents and Carers,
In this very last newsletter of the academic year, I would like to thank our families for your support over the year and wish you all an enjoyable summer holiday.
There have been many highlights over the year, including: our first Year 6 sleepover at school; trips arranged by the Friends and Parents of Park Hill; our first sports day for the younger children with parents invited, and a fantastic Ofsted report.
We say farewell to our lovely Year 6 pupils who have impressed us with their achievements, fabulous attitudes and creative talents. Thank you for your hard work and best of luck with your future endeavors.
For all of our pupils returning in September, we hope that you have lots of fun and enjoy the sunshine over the summer break. We look forward to seeing you return next term to your new classes. Letters were emailed yesterday to explain where the new classes will be as there will be some moving around next year. Please take time to read them to know where to pick up and drop off your child(ren).
Yr 6 SATs results
Once again, our children did amazingly well in the end of Key Stage 2 tests. The results are in-line or better than the national results. Well done, Year 6!
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YEAR 6 SATS 2025 |
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READING |
WRITING |
MATHS |
SPAG |
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Park Hill Greater Depth Standard |
46% |
16% |
33% |
51% |
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Park Hill Age Related Expectation + |
77% |
74% |
74% |
81% |
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National ARE+ (provisional) |
75% |
72% |
74% |
73% |
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Park Hill COMBINED R,W,M |
67% & 11% |
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NATIONAL COMBINED 2024 |
61% & 8% |
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Dates for your diary:
Friday 18th July: Prize-giving & school closes at 3.20 pm for summer holiday.
Wednesday 3rd September: School reopens at 8.50am
Parents/carers’ meetings with new class teaching staff:
Monday 8th September: 9am Yr6 2.45pm Y5
Tuesday 9th September: 9am Yr4 2.45pm Y3
Wednesday 10th September: 9am Yr1 2.45pm Y1
Tuesday 16th September: House Assemblies (children dress in their house colours)
Wednesday 23rd October – Parents’ evening
Park Hill School term dates 2025-26
Please make a note of next year’s term dates and ensure that any holidays are booked outside of term time.
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Autumn term 2025 Autumn 1st half term : 3rd Sept – 24th October Half term holiday : 27th October – 31st October Autumn 1st half term : 3rd November to 19th December 1st & 2nd September : Teacher days
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Spring term 2026 Spring term 1st half term: 6th Jan – 13th February Half term holiday: 16th Feb – 20th Feb Spring term 2nd half term: 23rd Feb -27th March Easter break : 30th March - 10th April 5th January : Teacher day
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Summer term 2026 Summer 1st half term : 13th April – 22nd May Half term holiday: 25th May – 29th May Summer 2nd half term: 2nd June - 17th July Thursday 7th May : Election day/Teacher day Monday 20th July : Teacher day |
Attendance:
As you know, the school was inspected during the autumn term and one of the recommendations in the report related to the attendance of our pupils:
‘Some pupils do not attend regularly. As a result, they miss important learning. The school should continue to ensure that clear strategies are in place to help pupils and their families so that attendance improves, and pupils do not miss out on important learning.
PARK HILL PRIMARY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE to date: 4.9.24 - 16.7.25
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Attendance for year to date |
Attendance% |
Authorised Absence% |
Unauthorised% |
Lates% |
Persistent absence% |
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WHOLE SCHOOL including Reception: |
93.36% |
4.66% |
1.98% |
1.75% |
20.28% |
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Park Hill (Statutory) |
93.69% |
4.42% |
1.89% |
1.82% |
18.47% |
- School attendance is below the national average of 94.9% for state-funded primary schools
Bakalou Attendance Cup
This competition will be decided on the morning of 18th July. Attendance/non-attendance might mean the difference between a class winning or losing the cup!
Talk Homework
Please spend some time discussing this UNICEF article with your child:
Mrs Khan
Head teacher