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Orchard Academy

Milton Keynes · MK6 3HW

General information Junior School · 7-11 years Who goes here 294 pupils, 45.6% FSM

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Orchard Academy

General Information

Address: Springfield Boulevard, Springfield, Milton Keynes, MK6 3HW – View on map
Phone: 01908735882
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Zoe McIntyre
Age range: 7-11 years
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: None
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

294 pupils out of 360 places

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 134
% eligible for free school meals: 45.6%
Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Milton Keynes average)
English as an additional language: 52% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 51.7% a year (Milton Keynes 16.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 61% moved to another school, 39% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Milton Keynes: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 4 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 10 (0.4 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 5 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in Milton Keynes, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 4.6%
Persistently absent pupils: 11.4%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

Resourced provision for AutismSpeech, language and communicationVisual impairmentOther needs 20 places · 21 pupils at the last count

Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.

Pupils on SEN Support: 12.6%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 5.4%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 12 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 8 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 4 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 8 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Profound and multiple learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Good 2023 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 52% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 1% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 16 percentage points below the Milton Keynes average (68%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 45% against an expected 60%)
3-year average (expected standard): 45%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 64% · Writing 67% · Maths 60% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 60%
Average test scores: reading 101, maths 101
Based on: 88 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolMilton Keynes averageEngland↗ Improving Up 10 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 16 percentage points below the Milton Keynes average (68%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 51st of 58 junior and primary schools in the area

=51Barleyhurst Park Primary52%
=51Giffard Park Primary School52%
=51Orchard Academy52%
=54Green Park School49%
=54Greenleys Junior School49%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

=1Haversham Village School92%
=1Middleton Primary School92%
#3Priory Rise School89%
#4Caroline Haslett Primary School87%
#5Oakgrove School85%
=6Knowles Primary School83%
=6Whitehouse Primary School83%
#8The Premier Academy81%
=9Fairfields Primary School80%
=9Holne Chase Primary School80%
=11Bushfield School78%
=11Giles Brook Primary School78%
=13Bow Brickhill CofE VA Primary School77%
=13Olney Middle School77%
#15Brooksward School76%
#16Two Mile Ash School75%
=17Monkston Primary School73%
=17Willen Primary School73%
#19St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary School72%
#20St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School71%
#21Kents Hill Park all-through school70%
#22Southwood School69%
=23Abbeys Primary School67%
=23Christ the Sower Ecumenical Primary School67%
=23Great Linford Primary School67%
=23Langland Community School67%
=23St Mary and St Giles Church of England School67%
=28Loughton School66%
=28Summerfield School66%
=30Glebe Farm School65%
=30Jubilee Wood Primary School65%
=30Oxley Park Academy65%
=30Stanton School65%
#34Falconhurst School64%
#35Cedars Primary School63%
=36Long Meadow School62%
=36Wavendon Gate School62%
=38Bradwell Village School61%
=38Heronsgate School61%
=38Moorland Primary School61%
=38St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School61%
=42Bishop Parker Catholic School60%
=42Drayton Park School60%
=42St Monica's Catholic Primary School60%
#45Hanslope Primary School59%
#46Chestnuts Primary School58%
#47Lift Charles Warren57%
#48Newton Leys Primary School56%
#49New Bradwell Primary School54%
#50Lavendon School53%
=51Barleyhurst Park Primary52%
=51Giffard Park Primary School52%
=51Orchard Academy52%
=54Green Park School49%
=54Greenleys Junior School49%
#56Rickley Park Primary School47%
#57New Chapter Primary School41%
#58Water Hall Primary School27%

View full Ofsted inspection report

10th of 11 junior schools in Milton Keynes for Ofsted rating

#8Loughton SchoolGood
#9Olney Middle SchoolGood
#10Orchard AcademyGood
#11Southwood SchoolGood

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1Stanton SchoolOutstanding
#2Two Mile Ash SchoolOutstanding
#3Bradwell Village SchoolGood
#4Bushfield SchoolGood
#5Emerson Valley SchoolGood
#6Greenleys Junior SchoolGood
#7Heronsgate SchoolGood
#8Loughton SchoolGood
#9Olney Middle SchoolGood
#10Orchard AcademyGood
#11Southwood SchoolGood

Financials

Spending per pupil: £6,791 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

6th of 11 junior schools in Milton Keynes for spending per pupil

#4Bradwell Village School£7,505
#5Two Mile Ash School£6,925
#6Orchard Academy£6,791
#7Stanton School£6,678
#8Olney Middle School£5,679

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Greenleys Junior School£8,366
#2Southwood School£8,012
#3Bushfield School£7,508
#4Bradwell Village School£7,505
#5Two Mile Ash School£6,925
#6Orchard Academy£6,791
#7Stanton School£6,678
#8Olney Middle School£5,679
#9Loughton School£5,398
#10Heronsgate School£4,743
#11Emerson Valley School£4,458

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