The Orchards School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–9 · Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
The Orchards School is a primary school in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire for ages 3–9 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 5 March 2024. Worcestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Perryfields Road, Bromsgrove, B61 8QN
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–9
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Worcestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 230 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 5 March 2024
Strengths
- “The Orchards is a friendly and inclusive school.”
- “Pupils are happy and feel safe because staff are nurturing and caring.”
- “Pupils know who they can talk to if they are worried or upset about anything.”
To improve
- “In these subjects, pupils do not routinely complete the small steps of learning required to secure their understanding.”
- “In these subjects, pupils do not achieve as well as they could.”
- “The school’s published data for 2023 shows that the proportion of pupils who met the phonics screening check in Year 1 was below the national average.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 34 first-preference applications, 40 offers in total, 34 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
A one-off £9.99 pass, no subscription, unlocks for 3 months:
- Last distance offered for Reception 2020 to 2026, as Worcestershire published it, drawn on the map
- The council’s catchment or priority area for this school 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 Worcestershire.
- Meadows First School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Millfields First School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Dodford First School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic First School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Finstall First School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lickey End First School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Charford First School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Catshill First School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published