The Orchard School
Special schoolThe Orchard School is a special school in Sandwell, for pupils aged 2 to 11. It had 173 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 15 July 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 2024/25, 0% of pupils at The Orchard School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 61% in Sandwell and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Sandwell | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 61% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Does not apply to this school | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Does not apply to this school | 105 | 105 |
- The Orchard School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- 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- Al Khair Primary SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file140 m
- Langley Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, October 2022. 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)600 m
- Our Lady and St Hubert's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)670 m
- Q3 Academy LangleySecondary. Improved significantly, December 2024. Attainment 8 of 50.4 (2025/26, provisional)690 m
- Oldbury AcademySecondary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 39.5 (2025/26, provisional)790 m
- Causeway Green Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)880 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Sandwell
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).