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The Orchard School

Cambridge Road, Canterbury, CT1 3QQ

Kent Special Educational Needs Trust (KSENT) is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

OfstedGood

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance80.7%
AttainmentProgress 8: -1.47
AdmissionsNot published
Pupils119

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Monitoring visit confirmed the previous Good overall grade — see the full report for latest area judgements.

Inspection history

Improved from Requires improvement (10 Oct 2013).

  • Latest ungradedSchool remains Good
  • Previous gradedRequires improvement

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

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in CT1. Where we have them, council (Canterbury) 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
119
Free school meals
73.1%
37.1% above district average (36%)

Also: England 49.2%

SEN
100%
69.5% above district average (30.5%)

Also: England 99.9%

EAL
0%
25.7% below district average (25.7%)
Attendance
80.7%
12.9% below district average (93.6%)

Also: England 87.2%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the CT1 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. Key Stage 2 is 2024/25: expected standard combined, greater depth, then reading, writing and maths. Headline GCSE measures are 2024/25. Progress 8 is 2023/24 because the latest year is not published yet. England is the state-funded average from the same tables. Progress 8 of 0 is typical.

Persistent absence2024/25

55.3%

20.1% above England (35.2%)

KS2 expected standard2024/25

0%

61% below England (61%)

KS2 greater depth2024/25

0%

8% below England (8%)

KS2 reading2024/25

0%

75% below England (75%)

KS2 writing2024/25

0%

71% below England (71%)

KS2 maths2024/25

0%

74% below England (74%)

Progress 82023/24

-1.47

1.47 below England (0.00)

Attainment 82024/25

6.6

40.1 below England (46.7)

Grade 5+ English & maths2024/25

0%

46.2% below England (46.2%)

Grade 4+ English & maths2024/25

0%

65.9% below England (65.9%)

Entered for EBacc2024/25

0%

41.1% below England (41.1%)

EBacc average point score2024/25

0.67

3.5 below England (4.14)

Trends

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 77.7%
    2020/21
  • 83.5%
    2021/22
  • 86%
    2022/23
  • 81.9%
    2023/24
  • 74.8%
    2024/25

Key Stage 2

Share meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined.

  • 0%
    2022/23
  • 0%
    2023/24
  • 0%
    2024/25

Admissions

Demand signal
Not published from capacity data
Published capacity (GIAS)
Not published
Pupils on roll
119

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 Kent page.

SEN support

SEN %
100%
On-site provision
SEN provision · SLCN, ASD, SEMH

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: Aug 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.
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  • Methodology · Data updates