Orleans Park School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Nov 23 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Richmond upon Thames
Unique reference
138651
Address
Richmond Road, TW1 3BB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1373 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
60.2%
Girls
39.8%
First language not English
26.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
6.9%
Persistent absence
9.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 53.4%
Other White 17%
Mixed 9.4%
Chinese 5.2%
Unclassified 3.5%
Indian 2.8%
Other Asian 2.3%
African 2.2%
Other 1.5%
Pakistani 1.1%
Irish 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Other Black 0.3%
Caribbean 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.77
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.4
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 67%
Local authority average 56%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 79%
Local authority average 65%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 64.2
Local authority average 55.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.04
Local authority average 5.14
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE17
Art & DesignGCSE50
BiologyGCSE61
Business Studies:SingleGCSE80
ChemistryGCSE60
ChineseGCSE4
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE18
Design & TechnologyGCSE26
English LanguageGCSE216
English LiteratureGCSE215
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Orleans Park School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
206
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
375
2nd preference
395
3rd preference
350
From another Local Authority
338
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
185
2nd preference
20
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
8
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 classes22.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
220
124
96
Year 8
217
124
93
Year 9
217
131
86
Year 10
220
137
83
Year 11
217
121
96
Year 12
142
94
48
Year 13
140
95
45
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
91.5%
86.5%
Further education
16.0%
24.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
64.0%
50.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
9.0%
15.3%
13.1%
Other education destinations
3.0%
1.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.2%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
2.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
2.0%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
87.0%
78.3%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
44.0%
29.2%
19.7%
Russell Group
41.0%
26.8%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
1.0%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
0.8%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
0.8%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020