Orchard Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · Dewsbury, Kirklees
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.04 miles
Published by Kirklees Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Orchard Primary Academy is a primary school in Dewsbury, Kirklees for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 15 June 2022. Kirklees has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Orchard Primary Academy 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 | 2.04 mi |
| 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 2.04 miles away, further out than in 2025 and nearer than in 2019.
- Of the 131 Kirklees primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (this one included), it was the 52nd longest; the middle figure was 1.65 miles.
- For Reception entry in 2026 there were 37 first-choice applications for 37 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 2024/25 reading, writing and maths expected standard: 43% (England 62%), lowest of 5 schools: this one and the 4 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Kirklees that have results.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kirklees schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Princess Road, Chickenley, Dewsbury, WF12 8QT
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Kirklees
- Pupils on roll
- 363 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 62.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 28.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 15 June 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and they feel safe at Orchard Primary Academy.”
- “Relationships are built on mutual respect.”
- “Pupils understand that they are expected to work hard and uphold the school’s rules of ‘respect, resilience and aspiration’.”
To improve
- “Occasionally, in some sessions, a small number of staff use different strategies.”
- “These are not in line with the school’s approach.”
- “However, in some subjects, for example history, subject leadership is at an earlier stage of development.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 2022 (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) | 43% | 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: 37 first-preference applications, 37 offers in total, 37 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 Kirklees.
- Earlsheaton Infant School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bywell Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School 0.7 mi School remains Good
- Eastborough Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Shaw Cross Infant and Nursery School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hanging Heaton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Savile Town Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Pentland Infant and Nursery School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Mill Lane Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published