Orchard Infant School
Ofsted: Outstanding
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Southampton, SO45 4SB
- Distance
- 0.0km away
Orchard Junior School
Water Lane, Dibden Purlieu, Southampton, SO45 4SB
Local ranking169th of 416 primary schools in Hampshire
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 17 August 2026
Primary
Phase
360
Capacity
7-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 64.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 7.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 70.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 73.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 80.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 71.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 104.0
- Cohort Size
- 89
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 354
- Boys
- 182 (51%)
- Girls
- 172 (49%)
- Capacity
- 360 (98% full)
- SEND
- 20.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 17.5%
- EAL
- 6.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.7%
- SEN Support
- 16.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,023/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 5.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 93.8%
- White Other: 2.3%
- Mixed Other: 0.8%
- Asian Indian: 0.8%
- Black African: 0.6%
- Other: 0.6%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.3%
93.8%
White British
2.3%
White Other
0.8%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Water Lane
Southampton, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 115988
- UKPRN
- 10079105
- Establishment No.
- 2248
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