Orchard Park Community Primary School

Type Primary
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Ringfort Road
Orchard Park
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB4 2GR
Phone 01223438200
Reference Number 134979

Description

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Orchard Park Community Primary School, located at Ringfort Road, Orchard Park, Cambridge, CB4 2GR, is a vibrant and inclusive educational institution that serves the local community with mixed-gender enrollment. The school caters to the age range of 3-11 years and operates as a primary facility. As a community school, it enjoys a robust relationship with the surrounding area, providing a helpful, well-equipped, and carefully designed school building on a large site with ample play space.

Orchard Park Primary School opened its doors on September 1, 2007, as a new provision. It currently has capacity for up to 232 pupils, with 172 students enrolled as of the construction date. The school is under the leadership of Headteacher Miss Stacey Harper. The school population reflects the rich diversity of the community, with 32.6% of pupils eligible for free school meals. It does not offer a sixth form, but it does operate a nursery.

The school's website welcomes all visitors and highlights their commitment to inspiring pupils to become confident and caring citizens via cultural and community awareness. The site also reveals that the school is steadily managing governorships, with updates in the governing body as recently as October 2027, showcasing their strong level of administration.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 172
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 52.33%
Girls: 47.67%

Year Groups

Year Number of pupils
1 21
2 24
3 25
4 22
5 25
6 18

Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2022-07-01
Date Description Report
2022-03-29 School inspection School inspection
2017-03-08 Short inspection Short inspection
2011-12-01 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2009-07-03 Full inspection: Full inspection:

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 76% Upgrade Upgrade
Pupils meeting a higher standard 6% Upgrade Upgrade

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 106 Upgrade Upgrade
Maths 106 Upgrade Upgrade

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 0.9 Upgrade Upgrade
Writing -0.9 Upgrade Upgrade
Maths 1.5 Upgrade Upgrade

How many students meet the standards

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

2023 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference Upgrade Upgrade
Second Preference 3 0
Third Preference 11 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Attainment 8 score percentile

Students getting 5 or more GCSE's at grade 9-4 (A-C)

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