Orchard School Bristol

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
May 22 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Not applicable
Local authority
Bristol, City of
Unique reference
138448
Address
Filton Road, Horfield, BS7 0XZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
907 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
56.8%
Girls
43.2%
First language not English
27.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
45%
Persistent absence
30.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
25.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 51.2%
Mixed 11.4%
Other White 9.3%
African 8.4%
Other 4.3%
Indian 3.5%
Other Asian 2.5%
Other Black 2.3%
Caribbean 2.2%
Pakistani 1.5%
Unclassified 1.3%
Bangladeshi 1%
Chinese 0.8%
Irish 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.38
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 72%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 30%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 39.8
Local authority average 45.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.72
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE3
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE21
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE24
Art & DesignGCSE21
BiologyGCSE58
ChemistryGCSE58
ChineseGCSE1
Classical CivilisationGCSE18
English LanguageGCSE167
English LiteratureGCSE165
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Orchard School Bristol

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
205
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
143
2nd preference
105
3rd preference
123
From another Local Authority
70
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
143
2nd preference
45
3rd preference
17
To another Local Authority
39
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes25.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
185
110
75
Year 8
179
108
71
Year 9
185
106
79
Year 10
178
90
88
Year 11
180
101
79
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
79.0%
83.8%
85.6%
Further education
54.0%
29.5%
35.4%
School sixth form
18.0%
40.2%
36.6%
Sixth form college
6.0%
13.6%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
8.0%
4.5%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.6%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
7.2%
5.9%
Destination unknown
3.0%
1.9%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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