Primary · TA3 · Somerset

Orchard Grove Primary School

Egremont Road, Taunton, TA3 7FD

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Area judgements

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedArea judgements
Attendance97.6%
Attainment
AdmissionsOften has places
Pupils130

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Area judgements

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Latest visit (Jul 2026): renewed Ofsted format (no single overall grade) — inclusion, curriculum and teaching, achievement, attendance and behaviour, personal development and wellbeing, leadership and governance and early years strong standard. See the full Ofsted report.

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in TA3. Where we have them, council (Somerset) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
130
Free school meals
8.5%
2.2% below district average (10.7%)

Also: Somerset 19.5% · England 24.7%

SEN
14.1%
0.6% below district average (14.7%)

Also: Somerset 16% · England 18.2%

EAL
29.7%
23.8% above district average (5.9%)
Attendance
97.6%
1.9% above district average (95.7%)

Also: Somerset 94.6% · England 94.8%

Persistent absence
0%
Attainment

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the TA3 average; the darker bar is this school.

We do not have multi-year attendance or attainment figures for this school in the current DfE extracts.

Admissions

Demand signal
Often has places
Published capacity (GIAS)
472
Pupils on roll
130

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Somerset page.

SEN support

SEN %
14.1%
On-site provision
None listed in GIAS

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
  • Methodology · Data updates