Orchard Park High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 19 2018 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
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Croydon
Unique reference
142040
Address
Orchard Way, Shirley, CR0 7NJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
633 (52% of total capacity)
Boys
56.7%
Girls
43.3%
First language not English
20.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
40.1%
Persistent absence
32.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 32.1%
African 18.8%
Mixed 13.1%
Caribbean 11.7%
Other White 9%
Other Black 3.6%
Other Asian 2.5%
Unclassified 2.5%
Other 2.2%
Indian 1.7%
Pakistani 1.6%
Bangladeshi 0.8%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2022-2023

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.51
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 18%
Local authority average 48%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 55%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 50.6
Local authority average 45.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.29
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award30
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE27
BiologyGCSE26
Business Studies:SingleGCSE66
ChemistryGCSE25
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE23
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE26
English LanguageGCSE114
English LiteratureGCSE112
FrenchGCSE8
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Orchard Park High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
148
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
82
2nd preference
81
3rd preference
63
From another Local Authority
38
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
81
2nd preference
40
3rd preference
15
To another Local Authority
7
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2023-2024

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.5
Year 2022-2023

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
126
78
48
Year 8
132
68
64
Year 9
122
77
45
Year 10
139
74
65
Year 11
114
62
52
Year 2022-2023

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
91.9%
86.5%
Further education
55.0%
29.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
34.0%
53.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
8.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
1.8%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
1.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
4.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
3.0%
1.2%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022
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