The Orchard Infant School

Foundation school·Infant school East Molesey, Surrey·KT8 9HT

School type

Infant school

Ages 5–7

Key Stage 2 performance

The Orchard Infant School is an infant school for pupils aged 5–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

77 first choices, 87 places

First choices per place

0.89

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

180

any preference, for 87 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.03

00.511.5

1 per place

0.7820220.9220230.8520240.8520250.892026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put The Orchard Infant School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 5–7
Pupils on roll: 241
Gender: Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

3.3%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

7.1%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

11.6%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

5.8%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

3.5%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

4.0%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

22.7

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£7,165

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

St Lawrence CofE Aided Junior School, East Molesey East Molesey · 0.5 mi 75.6 St Alban's Catholic Primary School East Molesey · 0.6 mi 57.4 St Paul's Catholic Primary School, Thames Ditton Thames Ditton · 0.7 mi 57.3 Chandlers Field Primary Academy West Molesey · 1.0 mi 47.8 Thames Ditton Junior School Thames Ditton · 1.0 mi 79.4 Hurst Park Primary Academy West Molesey · 1.3 mi 56.9 Cranmere Primary School Esher · 1.5 mi 56.0 Long Ditton St Mary's CofE (Aided) Junior School Surbiton · 1.6 mi 67.4

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

About The Orchard Infant School

The Orchard Infant School is a primary school in East Molesey, Surrey, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. Around 241 pupils aged 5 to 7 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted.

The Orchard Infant School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 77 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 3.5%. There are about 22.7 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 3% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.