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Orchard Junior School

  • 7–11Ages
  • 355Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 115988URN

Water Lane, Dibden Purlieu, Southampton, SO45 4SB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
64%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 6 May 2026Published 5 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

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Inspection history

  1. 6 May 2026
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
  2. 5 April 2022
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 70% · Writing 73% · Maths 80% → all three 64% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard64%154th of 300 in Hampshire
Reading
Expected standard70%
Higher standard27%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard73%
Greater depth12%
Maths
Expected standard80%
Higher standard28%
Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Hampshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2564%7%104105
2023/2451%3%104102
2022/2367%9%107105

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
115988 · 850/2248
Capacity
360 pupils · 355 on roll
Free school meals
17.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Water Lane, Dibden Purlieu, Southampton, SO45 4SB
Local authority
Hampshire · New Forest

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources