Orleans Park School

Academy converter·Secondary school Twickenham, Richmond upon Thames·TW1 3BB
Composite score
80.5
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#165
National rank
#34
In London
#2
In Richmond upon Thames
Top 5%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
64.4
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
80%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
92%
% EBacc grade 5+
51%
EBacc average points score
6.11

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
49%
401 first choices, 207 places
First choices per place
1.94
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
1,565
any preference, for 207 places
Applications from another council area
21%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.15
00.511.522.5
1 per place
1.9320221.7920231.8220241.7920251.942026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Orleans Park School yet. Richmond upon Thames does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

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

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,394
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
7.8%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
27.8%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
7.2%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
4.7%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.4%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
8.1%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.0
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,879
Typical secondary: £7,815

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

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
98%
216 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
97%
Apprenticeship
0%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

Orleans Park School at a glance

Located in Twickenham, Richmond upon Thames, Orleans Park School is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 1,394 pupils aged 11 to 18. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 64.4 — well above the national average (national average: 46). Performance is little changed year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 5% of secondary schools in England.

80% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 92% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Orleans Park School is oversubscribed: about 5 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 401 first choices for 207 places. After Year 11, 98% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 4.4%. There are about 17.0 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 8% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Orleans Park School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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.

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