The Orion Primary School[1]
Primary · ages 2–11
Headline results
- KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
- KS2 77% 77% 2024/25[2]
Results
Primary (key stage 2)
- Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 77% 2024/25[2]
- Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 14% 2024/25[2]
- Reading, average scaled score
- 110 2024/25[2]
- Maths, average scaled score
- 110 2024/25[2]
- All results, 2021/22
- Not published[3]
- All results, 2020/21
- Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
- All results, 2019/20
- Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
| Year | Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) | Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) | Reading, average scaled score | Maths, average scaled score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 78%[4] | 21%[4] | 108[4] | 108[4] |
| 2022/23 | 79%[5] | 20%[5] | 109[5] | 108[5] |
| 2018/19 | 93%[6] | 23%[6] | 111[6] | 111[6] |
| 2017/18 | 89%[7] | 13%[7] | 108[7] | 108[7] |
Ofsted
- Latest inspection
- 17 Apr 2024[8]
- Type
- S5 Inspection[8]
- Report published
- 16 May 2024[8]
- Personal development
- Outstanding[8]
- Quality of education
- Outstanding[8]
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding[8]
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding[8]
- Safeguarding is effective
- Yes[8]
- Early years provision (where applicable)
- Outstanding[8]
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Outstanding[8]
Competition to get in
Applications and offers, Reception
- Applications per place
- 3.0 Entry Sept 2026[9]
- Applications (any preference)
- 353 Entry Sept 2026[9]
- First preferences
- 120 Entry Sept 2026[9]
- Places offered
- 119 Entry Sept 2026[9]
- First preferences per place
- 1.0 Entry Sept 2026[9]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place | First preferences per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 380[9] | 166[9] | 116[9] | 3.3[9] | 1.4[9] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 436[9] | 183[9] | 118[9] | 3.7[9] | 1.6[9] |
| Entry Sept 2023 | 427[9] | 159[9] | 118[9] | 3.6[9] | 1.3[9] |
| Entry Sept 2022 | 426[9] | 172[9] | 117[9] | 3.6[9] | 1.5[9] |
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Community school[1]
- Ages
- 2–11[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Sixth form
- No[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 960[1]
- Local authority
- Barnet[1]
- Website
- www.theorion.org.uk/[1]
- District
- Barnet[10]
- Postcode
- NW7 2AL[1]
- URN
- 131970[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 955 2024/25[11]
- English as an additional language
- 74% 2024/25[11]
- SEN support
- 26.2% 2024/25[11]
- EHC plan
- 7% 2024/25[11]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 51.7% 2024/25[11]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 30.5%[12]
- Mixed
- 15.3%[12]
- Asian
- 24.6%[12]
- Black
- 17.5%[12]
- Any other ethnic group
- 11.1%[12]
- Unclassified
- 1%[12]
The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.
Sources
- Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22.
Archived copy; original.
Licence: OGL-3.0.
Quotes (2)
We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.