Orchard Lea Infant School

State-Funded School

orchard-lea-infant-school-hampshire-south-east

South EastRegion

HampshireLocal Authority

Fareham and WaterloovilleConstituency

PO15 6BJPostcode

0.6

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

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

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 118 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 28 Apr 2026 · published 15 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Early yearsprovision

Requires improvement

Ethnicity

White

88%

Asian

Black

<1%

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

118

Total Pupils

53%Boys

47%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

24%

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 – 7
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 118
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
13 Sept 2023	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Requires improvement	Requires improvement
7 Nov 2011	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	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.