Orchard Primary School
Primary schoolOrchard Primary School is a primary school in Hackney, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 518 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 18 November 2025
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
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, 87% of pupils at Orchard Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 76% in Hackney and 62% in England.
23% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Hackney | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 87% | 76% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 23% | 17% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109 | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 109 | 106 | 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 John of Jerusalem Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2022. 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)110 m
- Mossbourne Victoria Park AcademySecondary. Outstanding (overall), January 2023. Attainment 8 of 65.1 (2025/26, provisional)490 m
- Lauriston SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), July 2023. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)520 m
- The Urswick School - A Church of England Secondary SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), December 2023. Attainment 8 of 41.7 (2025/26, provisional)520 m
- Wentworth Nursery School and Children's CentreNursery. School remains Outstanding, April 2023590 m
- Morningside Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Outstanding, September 2023. 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)640 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Hackney
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).