Orchard Primary School

State-Funded School

orchard-primary-school-hackney-london

LondonRegion

HackneyLocal Authority

Hackney South and ShoreditchConstituency

E9 7BBPostcode

8.9

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Orchard Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Hackney, London.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 518 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 18 Nov 2025 · published 28 Jan 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 84%
Higher standard: 20%
Reading score: 109
Maths score: 109

Ethnicity

White

22%

Asian

11%

Black

43%

Mixed

15%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

518

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

60%

England average

27%

First language not English

40%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 518
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
31 Jan 2022	Good	Good	Outstanding	Good	Good
27 Mar 2014	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	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.

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.