Cherry Orchard Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · London, Greenwich
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
7.76 miles
Published by Royal Borough of Greenwich · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Cherry Orchard Primary School is a primary school in London, Greenwich for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 13 November 2024. Greenwich has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Cherry Orchard Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 7.76 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 7.76 miles away, the 2nd longest of 48 Greenwich primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.51 miles).
- The Reception 2026 last distance was further than in 2025 and the longest of the 5 years; distances swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 17 first-choice applications for 21 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 80% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Greenwich.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Greenwich schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Rectory Field Crescent, Marlborough Lane, London, SE7 7DG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Greenwich
- Pupils on roll
- 174 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 44.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 13 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils love coming to this school because they are well looked after.”
- “Leaders and staff know each pupil well.”
- “The school is a place where pupils feel safe, knowing that the adults truly care about them.”
To improve
- “Some pupils, however, struggle to form numbers and letters correctly.”
- “The school is not supporting these pupils as effectively as it could be to ensure that any barriers to acquiring this foundational knowledge are overcome.”
- “Sometimes, however, the curriculum is not fostering pupils’ grasp of subject-specific vocabulary as effectively as it could be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 December 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 80% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 17 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 17 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Greenwich.
- Charlton Manor Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Our Lady of Grace Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Sherington Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Kidbrooke Park Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Invicta Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Fossdene Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Thorntree Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Halstow Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published