The Orchard Infant School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 5–7 · East Molesey, Surrey
The Orchard Infant School is a primary school in East Molesey, Surrey for ages 5–7 (foundation school). Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Bridge Road, East Molesey, KT8 9HT
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–7
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 251 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 6 May 2026
Strengths
- “This is a school where pupils feel safe, valued and happy to belong.”
- “Pupils enjoy learning and are curious about new topics.”
- “They understand that learning builds over time, for example explaining how small steps, such as learning sounds, help them to write words, then sentences and eventually create stories.”
To improve
- “While leaders monitor some areas of the curriculum in depth, oversight of some subjects in the wider curriculum is less well developed, limiting leaders’ ability to identify and address improvement priorities in all subjects.”
- “At times, especially during some independent activities, staff do not always make the most of opportunities to extend children’s learning further.”
- “Governors are refining how they document the challenge they provide to leaders to evidence its effectiveness more consistently.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 June 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 77 first-preference applications, 87 offers in total, 77 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Reception 2024 to 2026, as Surrey published it, drawn on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Surrey.
- St Lawrence CofE Aided Junior School, East Molesey 0.4 mi School remains Good
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Paul's Catholic Primary School, Thames Ditton 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thames Ditton Infant School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Chandlers Field Primary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Thames Ditton Junior School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Hurst Park Primary Academy 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cranmere Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published