Orchard Meadow Primary School

Orchard Meadow Primary is performing well overall, achieving a good rating across all key areas, including the quality of education, behavior, personal development, leadership, and early years provision. The school has recently undergone leadership changes, which have brought renewed focus and ambition, allowing for successful implementation of improvement plans. The school provides a supportive and inclusive environment where pupils feel safe and valued. Additionally, it has made commendable efforts to support pupils with special educational needs through tailored provision, earning positive feedback from parents and guardians.

Strengths

• Pupils are motivated and feel empowered to succeed.
• The school environment fosters personal responsibility and inclusivity.
• Leaders emphasize a rich curriculum, including diverse experiences.
• Strong support for special educational needs with bespoke enhanced provision.
• Effective safeguarding arrangements are in place.

Areas for Improvement

• Some teachers are unclear about the curriculum end points for pupils.
• Younger pupils are behind in writing transcription due to pandemic disruptions.
• In early years, staff sometimes do not effectively deliver the planned curriculum.

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 Meadow Primary School attended 92.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 20.5% 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, 1.8% of pupils at Orchard Meadow 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 Orchard Meadow Primary School had 17.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 35.7% 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, 22.0% of pupils at Orchard Meadow Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

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 2024–25 Orchard Meadow Primary School received £8,874 and spent £9,485 for each of its 208 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £186,000 (£894 per pupil).

Across all 93 schools of United Learning Trust, income was £8,687 and spending £8,616 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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All schools in Oxford · Oxfordshire local authority: places and applications

Orchard Meadow Primary School is part of United Learning Trust, which runs 98 schools. The nearest others:

• Pegasus School Oxford
• Windale Primary School Oxford
• Hill View Primary School Banbury
• North Oxfordshire Academy Banbury
• Hanwell Fields Community School Banbury
• Swindon Academy Swindon
• Nova Hreod Academy Swindon
• Campion School Northampton
• Northampton Academy Northampton
• The Totteridge Academy London

What is Orchard Meadow Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Orchard Meadow Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2022.

When was Orchard Meadow Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Orchard Meadow Primary School was last inspected in September 2022.

How many pupils does Orchard Meadow Primary School have?

Orchard Meadow Primary School has 209 pupils on roll.

What age range does Orchard Meadow Primary School cover?

Orchard Meadow Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Orchard Meadow Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Orchard Meadow Primary School?

Orchard Meadow Primary School is at Wesley Close, Oxford, OX4 6BG.