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Cherry Orchard Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Cherry Orchard Road, Handsworth Wood, Birmingham B20 2LB · cherryorchard.bham.sch.uk · 0121 554 0862
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 73%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Birmingham 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Birmingham Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 440
- 90% of 488 places
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 28.3%
- First language not English
- 24.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Birmingham Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 50 families put the school first and 53 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 53 | 50 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 55 | 50 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 57 | 1 | 91% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 56 | 0.9 | 86% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 55 | 51 | 0.9 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | All | |
| September 2022 | All | |
| September 2024 | 0.89 mi1.43 km | |
| September 2023 | 0.98 mi1.58 km | |
Every applicant was offered a place. 1 more children, who had no preference met, were placed at the school.
Every applicant was offered a place.
Results
In 2024/25, 73% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 8% the higher standard. Across Birmingham it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲73% | 62% | ||
| ●8% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Cherry Orchard Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 28 March 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 28 Mar 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2012
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Dec 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Oct 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Nov 2007Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Outstanding
What parents said
82% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (55 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 82%
- Replies
- 55
- 12% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 38% who had a child bullied
based on 15 parents (27%) with SEND