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Academy sponsor led · Worcestershire

The Orchards School

  • 3–9Ages
  • 230Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 148386URN

Perryfields Road, Bromsgrove, B61 8QN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2024 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.5per place
0.4 below Worcestershire median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Worcestershire

58 applications for 40 places · 130th of 145 in Worcestershire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 5 March 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

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
1.5applications per place, Reception
0.4 below Worcestershire median (1.9) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

58 applications · 40 places offered · 34 named it first

  1. 2026 1.5; Worcestershire median median 1.9
  2. 2025 1.2; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  3. 2024 1.9; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  4. 2023 1.1; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  5. 2022 0.8; Worcestershire median median 1.7
  6. 2021 0.9; Worcestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  7. 2020 0.9; Worcestershire median median 1.7; as the previous school
  8. 2019 1.0; Worcestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  9. 2018 1.6; Worcestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.0; Worcestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.4; Worcestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.0; Worcestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.9; Worcestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Worcestershire median in 1 of 5 years.
  • This school
  • Worcestershire median

Dashed bars: as Sidemoor First School and Nursery (URN 116664), the previous school.

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 202640581.5340.85
Sep 202551601.2270.53
Sep 202425471.9200.80
Sep 202351561.1260.51
Sep 202254450.8220.41
Sep 2021 *55470.9240.44
Sep 2020 *51460.9240.47
Sep 2019 *60581.0260.43
Sep 2018 *51801.6370.73
Sep 2017 *601202.0590.98
Sep 2016 *601412.4631.05
Sep 2015 *591162.0520.88
Sep 2014 *601121.9510.85

Schools nearby

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

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
148386 · 885/2043
Trust
The Black Pear Trust
Capacity
300 pupils · 230 on roll
Free school meals
30.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 April 2021
Replaced
Sidemoor First School and Nursery (URN 116664)
Address
Perryfields Road, Bromsgrove, B61 8QN
Local authority
Worcestershire · Bromsgrove

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