Orchard Primary School
Holcroft Road, London, E9 7BB
518 pupils · 82% of 630 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Hackney
- Free school meals
- 61.4%
Ofsted
Strong standard (2025) — Report card — the most common grade across the inspected areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard |
| Achievement | Strong standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |
| Early years | Strong standard |
| Safeguarding | Met |
Inspected 18 November 2025, published 28 January 2026. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 87% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 23% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.95 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 43 | 41 | 103 | 43 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 48 | 46 | 149 | 47 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 54 | 49 | 147 | 53 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 62 | 59 | 169 | 61 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 88 | 74 | 214 | 86 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 90 | 91 | 247 | 90 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 90 | 81 | 252 | 90 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 90 | 77 | 243 | 90 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- St John of Jerusalem Church of England Primary School 0.1 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Lauriston School 0.5 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Morningside Primary School 0.6 km · Outstanding — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Berger Primary School 0.6 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- St John and St James CofE Primary School 0.8 km · Outstanding (2024) · previous system
- London Fields Primary School 0.9 km · No overall grade (2025)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.