Orchard Park Community Primary School
Primary schoolOrchard Park Community Primary School is a primary school in South Cambridgeshire, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 180 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, July 2026: safeguarding not met, special measures
- Inspection
- Report card, 7 July 2026
- Safeguarding
- Not met
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Urgent improvement
- Achievement
- Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Needs attention
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Urgent improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 41% of pupils at Orchard Park Community Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 59% in Cambridgeshire and 62% in England.
9% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Cambridgeshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 41% | 59% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 9% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101 | 105 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- St Laurence Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), May 2024. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)450 m
- Kings Hedges Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, December 2024. 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)970 m
- King's Hedges Nursery SchoolNursery. School remains Good, March 2023970 m
- Colleges Nursery SchoolNursery. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met1.1 km
- Arbury Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, September 2023. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- The Grove Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2023. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in South Cambridgeshire
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).