Parkwood Primary School
Community primary school in LONDON (Hackney).
Location
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The vision of Parkwood underpins all we do, together we strive to develop life-long learners while seeking wellbeing for all. Whether this is pupils, staff or families of the school we collaborate for the best of the whole school community and all of it's pupils.
Parkwood has created a set of values that the children and adults work to demonstrate in all they do. these go hand in hand with the British Values of democracy; the rule of law; individual liberty; mutual respect for and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs and for those without faith.
These values help us to demonstrate how we are able to work together to be the best that we can whether this is in work or play. Those children who demonstrate Parkwood Values are rewarded through our celebration assemblies, this is also an opportunity to reward progress children make in any aspect of school.
Parents are invited to these assemblies and our children look forward to sharing their success with friends and family.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
9 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Coding
- Dance
- Drama
- Football
- Karate
- Music
- Yoga
- Forest School
- Times Tables Rock Stars
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- UNICEF Rights Respecting SchoolsChildren's rights
Key facts
- URN
- 100259
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Hackney
- Constituency
- Tottenham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Governing body (8 current, 0 former)
Maintained school governing body.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Karen Willey | Chair of Governors | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernadette Clinton | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Ms Soraya Adejare | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Andrea Sumner | Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Jack May | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Ms Clare Jennings | Governor | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2022 · until 2026 ends 2026 |
| Ms Judit Kimpian | Governor | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2022 · until 2026 ends 2026 |
| Mr Paul Thomas | Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2017 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record