The Orchard School
Special / other · Oldbury · B68 8LD
Not yet graded
No graded inspection outcome is available for this school under either the current or the previous framework. This is common for recently opened or converted schools.
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
173 pupils
- School type
- Community special school
- Age range
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 53.2% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 25.2% of pupils
- SEN support
- 0% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 100% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.orchard.sandwell.sch.uk
- URN
- 132232
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
29 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
no data
no data
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
95% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school
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.
Inspection history since 2015
- 13 December 2022: Requires improvement
- 29 September 2020: S8 No Formal Designation Visit
- 4 July 2017: Yes - improving (outstanding)
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.