The Orchards School

Academy sponsor led·First school Bromsgrove, Worcestershire·B61 8QN

School type

First school

Ages 3–9

Key Stage 2 performance

The Orchards School is a first school for pupils aged 3–9. 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 first 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%

34 first choices, 40 places

First choices per place

0.85

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 40 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.32

00.511.5

1 per place

0.4120220.5120230.8020240.5320250.852026

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

Every child who put The Orchards 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

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 3–9
Pupils on roll: 233
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

37.3%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

3.0%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

18.9%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

2.6%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

7.1%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

23.8%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

16.0

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£7,957

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Parkside Middle School Bromsgrove · 0.8 mi 44.6 St John's Church of England Middle School Academy Bromsgrove · 0.9 mi 63.9 Catshill Middle School Bromsgrove · 1.4 mi 35.5 Aston Fields Middle School Bromsgrove · 1.7 mi 56.6 Lickey Hills Primary School and Nursery Birmingham · 3.2 mi 45.9 Belbroughton CofE Primary School Stourbridge · 3.6 mi 52.8 Chaddesley Corbett Endowed Primary School Kidderminster · 3.6 mi 59.8 Holywell Primary and Nursery School Birmingham · 3.9 mi 47.8

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

The Orchards School at a glance

Located in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, The Orchards School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 233 pupils aged 3 to 9. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection.

The Orchards School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 34 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 7.1%. There are about 16.0 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 37% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. 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.