Orchard Infant School

State-Funded School
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Region
South EastRegion
HampshireLocal Authority
New Forest EastConstituency
Postcode
SO45 4SBPostcode
9.4
Academic Performance
Ofsted

About the School

Orchard Infant School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–7, located in Hampshire, South East.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 270 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2022

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Outstanding

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White
94%
Black
<1%
Mixed
5%

Pupils

270

Total Pupils

53%Boys
47%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals
10%
England average
27%
First language not English
2%
England average
22%
Young carers
0%
England average
1%
0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase
Primary
Age range
4 – 7
Total pupils
270

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published
Overall
5 May 2022
Outstanding

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.

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