The Orchard School
Ofsted: Needs attention
- Type
- Foundation special school
- Location
- Canterbury, CT1 3QQ
- Distance
- 0.1km away
St Nicholas' School
Holm Oak Close, Nunnery Fields, Canterbury, CT1 3JJ
Ofsted: Good
Independent
Phase
340
Capacity
4-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Cohort Size
- 33
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 96.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 0.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 390
- Boys
- 273 (68%)
- Girls
- 129 (32%)
- Capacity
- 340 (118% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 53.0%
- EAL
- 8.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 100.0%
- SEN Support
- 0.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 6.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 56.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £24,084/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 38.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community special school
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 78.9%
- White Other: 4.9%
- Mixed Other: 2.7%
- Black African: 2.2%
- Asian Other: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.6%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 1.4%
78.9%
White British
4.9%
White Other
2.7%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Holm Oak Close
Canterbury, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 119059
- UKPRN
- 10017692
- Establishment No.
- 7063
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