Orchard Community Primary School is a primary school located in Derby. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 27/10/2017. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading, progress in writing and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 2.9%, which is 1.1 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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Grange Drive, Derby

School Information

Address: Grange Drive, Derby, DE74 2QU
Website: http://www.orchardprimary.org
Telephone: 01332810078
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Leicestershire
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Fiona Shields
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 119982

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 27/10/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 315
Number of Pupils: 312
Number of Boys: 160
Number of Girls: 152

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 2.9% 4%
Persistent absence: 4.5% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: 1.2 Confidence interval -0.9 to 3.3
Writing
Average: 0 Confidence interval -1.9 to 2
Maths
Average: 0.5 Confidence interval -1.4 to 2.3

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:69%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:11%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:105
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:105
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Orchard Community Primary School
Grange Drive , Castle Donington DE74 2QU 		2out of 4 0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
St Edward's Church of England Primary School
Dovecote , Castle Donington DE74 2LH 		3out of 4 417 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
Hemington Primary School
Main Street , Hemington DE74 2RB 		3out of 4 1,469 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Diseworth Church of England Primary School
Grimesgate , Diseworth DE74 2QD 		3out of 4 3,153 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Castle Donington College
Mount Pleasant , Castle Donington DE74 2LN 		3out of 4 569 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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