Orchard Park Community Primary SchoolSt Laurence Catholic Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Cambridge.

Summary of the comparison

Orchard Park Community Primary School and St Laurence Catholic Primary School are primary schools in Cambridge.

  • Orchard Park Community Primary School scores 53 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and St Laurence Catholic Primary School scores 61 out of 100 (grade C, average). St Laurence Catholic Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Orchard Park Community Primary School was judged Good and St Laurence Catholic Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 41.0% for Orchard Park Community Primary School and 63.0% for St Laurence Catholic Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Orchard Park Community Primary School (76.0% in 2022-23, 41.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at St Laurence Catholic Primary School (43.0% in 2022-23, 63.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Orchard Park Community Primary School versus St Laurence Catholic Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure CambridgeOrchard Park Community Primary SchoolCambridgeSt Laurence Catholic Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD53/100C61/100Stronger figure
Local ranking123rd of 210 in Cambridgeshire 78th of 210 in Cambridgeshire Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll180 216
Capacity232 315
LocationCambridge, CB4 2GR Cambridge, CB4 2JX
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard41.0% 63.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard9.0% 20.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score104.0 106.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score101.0 103.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census192 216
Free school meals (ever 6)39.6% 37.0%
English as an additional language34.4% 38.0%
SEN support15.1% 13.4%
SEN with an EHC plan6.3% 7.9%
Attendance
Overall absence8.6% 5.7% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence30.4% 15.4% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Orchard Park Community Primary School

St Laurence Catholic Primary School

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