Orchardside School
Special / other · Enfield · EN1 4RL
Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)
The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.
Inspected 14 April 2026 · report published 17 June 2026
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39 pupils
- School type
- Pupil referral unit
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 53.8% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 21.6% of pupils
- SEN support
- 86.3% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 3.9% of pupils
- Website
- www.orchardside.school
- URN
- 101972
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
69% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 31% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 14 April 2026: Strong standard
- 2 March 2022: Good
- 13 June 2018: Requires improvement
- 14 March 2018: School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.