At a glance
Key published figures for this school.
Ofsted inspection
Latest outcome
New inspection format: no single overall grade.
Latest visit (Jul 2025): no overall grade. Quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management and early years good. See the full Ofsted report.
Report published 8 Sept 2025.
Inspection history
- Previous gradedOutstanding
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 B68. Where we have them, council (Sandwell) 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
- 173
- Free school meals
- 53.2%
- SEN
- 100%
- EAL
- 25.2%
- Attendance
- 86.1% Autumn and spring 2024/25
Also: Sandwell special schools 55.3% · England special schools 49.2%
Also: Sandwell special schools 100% · England special schools 99.9%
Also: Sandwell special schools 86.9% · England special schools 87.2%
Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the B68 average; the darker bar is this school. SEN is not compared with the district average for special, pupil referral or alternative provision schools, because almost all pupils have identified needs.
Compared with England
Persistent absence is 2024/25. Key Stage 2 is 2024/25: expected standard combined, greater depth, then reading, writing and maths. England is the state-funded average. Lower persistent absence is better.
45.9%
10.7% above England (35.2%)
0%
62% below England (62%)
0%
8% below England (8%)
0%
75% below England (75%)
0%
72% below England (72%)
0%
74% below England (74%)
Trends
Attendance
Autumn and spring 2024/25 from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN). The headline above uses the same period.
- 91.7%2020/21
- 87.4%2021/22
- 86.4%2022/23
- 86%2023/24
- 86.1%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
Applications and offers
Applications and offers are not published for this school in the DfE school-level data for September 2026 entry.
SourceDfE applications and offers, September 2026 entryPublished 18th of June 2026.
How full the building is
- Roll versus published capacity
- Capacity not published
- Published capacity (GIAS)
- Not published
- Pupils on roll
- 173
Pupils on roll compared with the capacity published in GIAS. This is about building size, not applications or offers, and it is not a guarantee of a place.
Applications and offers come from DfE. Last distance offered and catchment areas are not published nationally. Your council admissions booklet has those details.
Check your council admissions booklet via the Sandwell page.
SEN support
- SEN %
- 100%
- On-site provision
- Special classes
This school is set up for pupils with special educational needs or who need alternative provision. The SEN percentage is usually near 100% by design. Ask the SENCO what support looks like day to day.
Schools near The Orchard School
Distances are in a straight line from this school. They are not catchment areas.
- The Primrose Centre
- Halesbury School
- The Westminster School
- The Meadows School
- Elm Tree Primary Academy
- V.A.S.E Academy
- Baskerville School
- Netherton Park Nursery School
Other nearby schools
Sources and freshness
- School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
- Pipeline last checked: Oct 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.
- We do not publish school photos. The banner shows initials from the school name.
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