Orchard Park High School

Orchard Park High School has maintained its good rating following an ungraded inspection. Evidence suggests that with another assessment, the school might attain an outstanding classification. The school is recognized for providing an exceptional education, demonstrating high expectations for all students, including those with special educational needs. The exceptional sense of community, strong pastoral care, and a wide array of extracurricular activities contribute to a nurturing and stimulating environment for learning.

Strengths

• Exceptional education provided to all pupils
• High expectations for all students, including those with SEND
• Strong sense of community within the school
• Outstanding pastoral support ensuring pupil safety
• Robust curriculum designed to develop knowledge and skills effectively
• Teachers demonstrate strong subject knowledge and adapt lessons for inclusivity
• Positive attitudes to learning amongst pupils
• Effective safeguarding arrangements
• Thoughtful personal development program aligned with school values

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 Orchard Park High School attended 92.4% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 21.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

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, 21.9% of pupils at Orchard Park High School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 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 Orchard Park High School had 17.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 25.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

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, 17.9% of pupils at Orchard Park High School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 4.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

The school has resourced provision with 12 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 secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Orchard Park High School received £9,957 and spent £10,063 for each of its 639 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £527,000 (£825 per pupil).

Across all 36 schools of Greenshaw Learning Trust, income was £8,062 and spending £7,907 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Orchard Park High School is part of Greenshaw Learning Trust, which runs 39 schools. The nearest others:

• Coombe Wood School South Croydon
• Park Hill Junior School Croydon
• St Peter's Primary School South Croydon
• Bandon Hill Primary School Wallington
• Wallington County Grammar School Wallington
• Wood Field Primary School Carshalton
• Victor Seymour Infants' School Carshalton
• Green Wrythe Primary School Carshalton
• Tweeddale Primary School Carshalton
• Greenshaw High School Sutton

What is Orchard Park High School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Orchard Park High School is Good, from an inspection in March 2024.

When was Orchard Park High School last inspected by Ofsted?

Orchard Park High School was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Orchard Park High School have?

Orchard Park High School has 675 pupils on roll.

What age range does Orchard Park High School cover?

Orchard Park High School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Orchard Park High School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 50.5, and 58% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Orchard Park High School?

Orchard Park High School is at Orchard Way, Shirley, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 7NJ.