Orchards Academy
Secondary schoolOrchards Academy is a secondary school in Sevenoaks, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 554 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 11 March 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
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 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Orchards Academy was 38.3, against 39.1 in Sevenoaks and 46.2 in England.
27.4% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Sevenoaks | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 38.3 | 39.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 27.4% | 33.2% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 46.2% | 55% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 106 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 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- SupaJam Education In Music and MediaSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file10 m
- St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), December 2022. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)270 m
- St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School, SwanleyPrimary. School remains Good, May 2022410 m
- Horizon Primary AcademyPrimary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, April 2024. 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)550 m
- High Firs Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), October 2023. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)610 m
- Downsview Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, December 2025: safeguarding met. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Sevenoaks
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).