Orchard School Bristol
Ofsted: Good
Score
D53
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Bristol, BS7 0XZ
- Distance
- 2.5km away
Abbeywood Community School
New Road, Stoke Gifford, Bristol, BS34 8SF
Local ranking7th of 16 secondary schools in South Gloucestershire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1250
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 18 March 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 18 March 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 47.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 45.6% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 64.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 206
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 85.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Higher education
- 39.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 12.0%
- Employment
- 25.0%
- Not sustained
- 12.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
32.6
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
34.6
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
74
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 20.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 29.6
- 16-18 Cohort
- 152
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1267
- Boys
- 703 (54%)
- Girls
- 591 (46%)
- Capacity
- 1250 (104% full)
- SEND
- 24.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 22.1%
- EAL
- 18.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.8%
- SEN Support
- 18.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 73.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,602/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 69.9%
- White Other: 8.0%
- Asian Chinese: 4.5%
- Mixed Other: 3.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.2%
- Black African: 2.3%
- Asian Indian: 1.8%
- Asian Other: 1.8%
69.9%
White British
8.0%
White Other
4.5%
Asian Chinese
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 139067
- UKPRN
- 10039896
- Establishment No.
- 4000
- Trust
- THE OLYMPUS ACADEMY TRUST
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