Orchard Community Primary School

State-Funded School

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East MidlandsRegion

LeicestershireLocal Authority

North West LeicestershireConstituency

DE74 2QUPostcode

8.7

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Orchard Community Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Leicestershire, East Midlands.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 303 pupils. Orchard Community Primary School is part of Symphony Learning Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 88%
Higher standard: 10%
Reading score: 110
Maths score: 107

Ethnicity

White

90%

Asian

<1%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Pupils

303

Total Pupils

53%Boys

47%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

10%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 303
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)
MAT name: Symphony Learning Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 8 January 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
18 Jan 2022	Good	Good	Outstanding	Good	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.