Community school · Cambridgeshire

Orchard Park Community Primary School

Term dates

Cambridgeshire council sets the term dates for this school. See all Cambridgeshire dates, taken from the council's own page.

2026/27

2027/28

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Admissions

Places for Reception and junior school are applied for through your home council, not the school.

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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.

How many families applied: Reception

For September 2026, 16 families put this school as their first choice, and 17 places were offered. 16 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).

EntryPlaces offeredPut it firstGot their first choice
September 20261716100%
September 20252020100%
September 20242120100%

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Before and after school

This club is registered with Ofsted at the school's postcode, so usually run on the school site:

Ask the club or the school about times, prices and places. More clubs nearby.

Ofsted inspection

Report card, 7 July 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.

Special measures

Inclusion
Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching
Urgent improvement
Achievement
Urgent improvement
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Needs attention
Early years
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards: not met.

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
Ages
4–11
Pupils
180 (capacity 232)
Gender
Mixed
Phone
01223438200
Address
Ringfort Road, Orchard Park, Cambridge, CB4 2GR
Website
orchardparkprimary.co.uk

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