Orchard Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Sidcup, Bexley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From London Borough of Bexley · offers on 16 April 2026
2017–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Orchard Primary School is a primary school in Sidcup, Bexley for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 March 2022. Bexley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 2 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 60% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every Reception applicant in 2026 was offered a place, though places ran out in 3 of the 9 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 19 first-choice applications for 30 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 11 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 29% of pupils, against a middle figure of 11.6% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bexley.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bexley schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Oxford Road, Sidcup, DA14 6LW
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bexley
- Pupils on roll
- 207 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 March 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils take great pride in their school community.”
- “Pupils make progress from their individual starting points and achieve well across the curriculum.”
- “They enjoy learning and develop a love of reading.”
To improve
- “However, some younger pupils do not receive this support quickly enough.”
- “These pupils do not close gaps as rapidly as they could, which can allow misconceptions to persist.”
- “In a few subjects, teachers need to improve the transfer of skills across the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 September 2026 (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) | 60% | 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: 19 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 19 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 Bexley.
- St Peter Chanel Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Hope Community School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Birkbeck Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Royal Park Primary Academy 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Longlands Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Lamorbey Church of England School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Burnt Oak Junior School 1.2 mi School remains Outstanding
- Chatsworth Infant School 1.4 mi Improved significantly Last distance published