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The Orchard Infant School

  • 5–7Ages
  • 251Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 124964URN

Bridge Road, East Molesey, KT8 9HT · 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

Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.1per place
0.6 below Surrey median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Surrey

180 applications for 87 places · 196th of 238 in Surrey

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 6 May 2026Published 11 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 6 May 2026
    Report card · 4 Strong standard, 3 Expected standard
  2. 22 March 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 hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.1applications per place, Reception
0.6 below Surrey median (2.6) close to England median (2.2)

180 applications · 87 places offered · 77 named it first

  1. 2026 2.1; Surrey median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.1; Surrey median median 2.6
  3. 2024 2.4; Surrey median median 2.7
  4. 2023 2.4; Surrey median median 2.7
  5. 2022 2.4; Surrey median median 2.6
  6. 2021 2.6; Surrey median median 2.7
  7. 2020 2.7; Surrey median median 2.7
  8. 2019 2.8; Surrey median median 2.7
  9. 2018 3.0; Surrey median median 2.7
  10. 2017 2.7; Surrey median median 2.7
  11. 2016 3.0; Surrey median median 2.8
  12. 2015 3.3; Surrey median median 2.9
  13. 2014 2.9; Surrey median median 2.8
  • This school
  • Surrey median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026871802.1770.89
Sep 2025831762.1710.86
Sep 2024781852.4660.85
Sep 2023892132.4820.92
Sep 2022902202.4700.78
Sep 2021902352.6840.93
Sep 2020902412.7951.06
Sep 2019882452.8941.07
Sep 2018892693.01181.33
Sep 2017902412.7740.82
Sep 2016902703.01011.12
Sep 2015902953.31041.16
Sep 2014902602.9981.09

Schools nearby

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

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Foundation school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
124964 · 936/2099
Trust
Voice Education Trust
Capacity
270 pupils · 251 on roll
Free school meals
5.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision and SEN unit
Address
Bridge Road, East Molesey, KT8 9HT
Local authority
Surrey · Elmbridge

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