Orchards Academy is a secondary school located in Swanley. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 09/02/2012. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6%, which is 2 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: St Mary's Road, Swanley, BR8 7TE
Website: http://www.orchards-tkat.org
Telephone: 01322665231
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Kent
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Natalie Willbourn
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 136304

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 09/02/2012

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 828
Number of Pupils: 549
Number of Boys: 274
Number of Girls: 275

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6% 4%
Persistent absence: 15.9% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.09 Confidence interval -0.35 to 0.18
Of the 94 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 91 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:38%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:95%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:21%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:39.7
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.42
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
St Mary's Road , BR8 7BU 		3out of 4 294 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School, Swanley
Sycamore Drive , BR8 7AY 		3out of 4 453 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Horizon Primary Academy
Hilda May Avenue , BR8 7BT 		3out of 4 604 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
High Firs Primary School
Court Crescent , BR8 8NR 		3out of 4 664 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Downsview Community Primary School
Beech Avenue , BR8 8AU 		3out of 4 1,148 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Orchards Academy
St Mary's Road , BR8 7TE 		3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
SupaJam Education In Music and Media
St Marys Road , BR8 7TE 		- not rated 0 yd Special post 16 institution Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The Annex School House
Pembroke House , Leyden Hatch Lane BR8 7PS 		- not rated 1,285 yd Other independent special school No Mixed More About School
Parkwood Hall Co-Operative Academy
Beechenlea Lane , BR8 8DR 		3out of 4 2,011 yd Academy special converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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