Orchard Academy[1]
Primary · ages 7–11
Headline results
- KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
- KS2 52% 52% 2024/25[2]
Results
Primary (key stage 2)
- Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 52% 2024/25[2]
- Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 1% 2024/25[2]
- Reading, average scaled score
- 101 2024/25[2]
- Maths, average scaled score
- 101 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 | 41%[4] | 0%[4] | 102[4] | 100[4] |
| 2022/23 | 42%[5] | 3%[5] | 102[5] | 101[5] |
| 2018/19 | 53%[6] | 7%[6] | 101[6] | 104[6] |
| 2017/18 | 53%[7] | 3%[7] | 102[7] | 104[7] |
Ofsted
- Latest inspection
- 3 Jul 2023[8]
- Type
- Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[8]
- Report published
- 27 Sep 2023[8]
- Safeguarding is effective
- Yes[8]
- Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
- School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next[8]
Competition to get in
No published data for this school.
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Academy sponsor led[1]
- Ages
- 7–11[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Capacity
- 360[1]
- Trust
- EAST MIDLANDS ACADEMY TRUST[1]
- Local authority
- Milton Keynes[1]
- Website
- www.orchard.emat.uk[1]
- District
- Milton Keynes[10]
- Postcode
- MK6 3HW[1]
- URN
- 138605[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 333 2024/25[11]
- English as an additional language
- 44.4% 2024/25[11]
- SEN support
- 15% 2024/25[11]
- EHC plan
- 7.5% 2024/25[11]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 46% 2024/25[11]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 41.5%[12]
- Mixed
- 11.9%[12]
- Asian
- 16%[12]
- Black
- 26.5%[12]
- Any other ethnic group
- 3.1%[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 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2017/18. 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.