The Orion Primary School

The Orion Primary is an outstanding school, as evident from its latest inspection results, which reflect consistent high performance across various domains including education quality, behaviour, and management. The school fosters a happy and supportive environment where pupils thrive academically and personally. With a strong curriculum that emphasizes both academic study and personal development, pupils engage in a variety of enriching activities that promote their resilience, confidence, and community involvement. The effective support for students with special educational needs ensures that all pupils can flourish and participate fully in school life.

Strengths

• Outstanding quality of education
• Exceptional behaviour and attitudes of pupils
• Strong leadership and management
• Comprehensive support for pupils with SEND
• High pupil attendance rates
• Rich personal development opportunities
• Effective training and support for staff

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at The Orion Primary School attended 93.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at The Orion Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 The Orion Primary School had 18.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 26.6% of pupils at The Orion Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 22 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 The Orion Primary School received £9,740 and spent £9,673 for each of its 905 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £1,096,000 (-£1,211 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is The Orion Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Orion Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was The Orion Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

The Orion Primary School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does The Orion Primary School have?

The Orion Primary School has 934 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Orion Primary School cover?

The Orion Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are The Orion Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is The Orion Primary School?

The Orion Primary School is at Grahame Park Way, Mill Hill, London, NW7 2AL.