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Orleans Park School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy
Richmond Road, Twickenham TW1 3BB · orleanspark.school · 020 8891 0187
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Outstanding
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 64.4
- average Attainment 8 score. Richmond upon Thames 56.6, England 46
- Last distance offered
- 0.69 mi
- 1.11 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Richmond upon Thames Council
- Demand for places
- 1.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,403
- 43 over 1,360 places · 103%
- Local authority
- Richmond upon Thames
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 8.9%
- First language not English
- 29.9%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Orleans Park School
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.69 mi (1.11 km) from the school; in September 2025 it was 0.74 mi (1.19 km). Source: Richmond upon Thames Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 401 families put the school first and 207 places were offered; 49% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 207 | 401 | 1.9▲ | 49% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 207 | 371 | 1.8▲ | 51% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 206 | 375 | 1.8▲ | 49% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 208 | 373 | 1.8▲ | 51% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 206 | 397 | 1.9▲ | 49% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.69 mi1.11 km | |
| September 2025 | 0.74 mi1.19 km | |
| September 2024 | 0.77 mi1.24 km | |
Cut-off distance on National Offer Day.
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 64.4, and 79.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Richmond upon Thames it was 56.6, and across England 46.
In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B (39.6 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲64.4 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲79.5% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲92.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲72.3% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲6.11 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 80.1 | +9.9 |
| Sixth form college | 2.3 | −3.2 |
| Further education | 11.6 | −4.5 |
| Other education | 0.9 | −3.2 |
| Employment | 0.5 | 0 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 3.2 | +1.8 |
| Activity not captured | 1.4 | −0.4 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 140 students | B (39.6) | Average 0.00 | |
| 140 students | B (39.7) | Average 0.00 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 141 | B- (38.3) | +0.17 |
| 2022/23 | 130 | B (41.2) | — |
| 2021/22 | 122 | B+ (42.7) | — |
| 2018/19 | 102 | B- (37.1) | +0.19 |
| 2017/18 | 89 | C+ (32.4) | +0.14 |
| 2016/17 | 94 | C (31.5) | +0.21 |
| 2015/16 | 94 | C+ (32.2) | +0.05 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 69.2 | +8.7 |
| Further and other education | 4.2 | −0.6 |
| Further education | 2.1 | — |
| Other education | 2.1 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 2.1 | — |
| Employment | 11.9 | −11.5 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7.7 | +2.1 |
| Activity not captured | 4.9 | −0.7 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 23 November 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Orleans Park School was: School remains Outstanding.
- Outcome
- Remains Outstanding
- Inspected
- 22 Nov 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Nov 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 102923), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding 16 to 19 study programmes Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Nov 2010Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 102923)
What parents said
99% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (316 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 99%
- Replies
- 316
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 66% who raised concerns
based on the 22% who had a child bullied
based on 57 parents (18%) with SEND