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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 8 January 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 16 November 2021Graded inspection: Good · as Orchard Community Primary School, URN 119982
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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 entry96 applications · 44 places offered · 35 named it first
- 2026 2.2; Leicestershire median median 2.7
- 2025 2.3; Leicestershire median median 2.8
- 2024 1.9; Leicestershire median median 2.4
- 2023 2.0; Leicestershire median median 2.3
- 2022 1.2; Leicestershire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2021 1.4; Leicestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2020 1.3; Leicestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2019 1.4; Leicestershire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2018 1.5; Leicestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2017 1.4; Leicestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 1.5; Leicestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 1.4; Leicestershire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 1.3; Leicestershire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- This school
- Leicestershire median
Dashed bars: as Orchard Community Primary School (URN 119982), 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 44 | 96 | 2.2 | 35 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2025 | 32 | 73 | 2.3 | 32 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 35 | 66 | 1.9 | 35 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 45 | 90 | 2.0 | 48 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2022 * | 45 | 56 | 1.2 | 44 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2021 * | 45 | 62 | 1.4 | 52 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2020 * | 50 | 66 | 1.3 | 50 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 44 | 62 | 1.4 | 44 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 36 | 54 | 1.5 | 28 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2017 * | 39 | 55 | 1.4 | 36 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2016 * | 36 | 53 | 1.5 | 36 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 34 | 48 | 1.4 | 29 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2014 * | 34 | 45 | 1.3 | 34 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 96% · Writing 84% · Maths 93% → all three 82% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Leicestershire median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 82% | 2% | 110 | 106 |
| 2023/24 | 88% | 10% | 110 | 107 |
| 2022/23 | 65% | 5% | 106 | 104 |
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
- Orchard Community Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20252.2applications per place 82%met the SATs standard
- 0.4 km · LeicestershireRemains Good20222.5applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · LeicestershireGraded · no overall grade20252.8applications per place
- 1.3 km · LeicestershireGraded · no overall grade20243.2applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · LeicestershireGood20242.3applications per place 17%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · DerbyshireGood20222.8applications per place 86%met the SATs standard
- 3.8 km · DerbyshireStandards maintained20242.5applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
- 3.9 km · DerbyshireRemains Good20233.4applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 4.2 km · Leicestershire20261.2applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 148947 · 855/2178
- Capacity
- 315 pupils · 303 on roll
- Free school meals
- 10.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2022
- Replaced
- Orchard Community Primary School (URN 119982)
- Address
- Grange Drive, Castle Donington, Derby, DE74 2QU
- Local authority
- Leicestershire · North West Leicestershire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources