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Orchard Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Academy
Water Lane, Dibden Purlieu, Southampton SO45 4SB · orchard-inf.co.uk · 023 8084 3705
On the mapSearch near SO45 4SB
Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2022
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 270
- At capacity · 270 places
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 10.4%
- First language not English
- 1.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 88 families put the school first and 88 places were offered; 98% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 88 | 88 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 90 | 88 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 87 | 85 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 89 | 97 | 1.1▲ | 91% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 80 | 80 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Orchard Infant School was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 8 March 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Outstanding
- Inspected
- 8 Mar 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 115977)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Nov 2007
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 115977), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Nov 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 115977)