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Hertfordshire County Council

School

The Orchard Primary School

Gammons Lane
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD24 5JW

Telephone: 01923 672280

Email: admin@orchard.herts.sch.uk

Head teacher: Jonny Spector

School type: Primary Mixed

School category: Academy

School number: 743

DFE number: 919-2115

Nursery class: Yes

Published Admission Number: 60

(how many children this school is admitting)

Number of children on roll: 434

Free Childcare

2 year old funding: No

30 hours funding: Yes

Admission rules for a place to start in September 2025

This school is its own admitting authority.

Read The Orchard Primary School admission rules for 25-26

Admission rules if you want a place at the school to start now

This school is its own admitting authority.

Read The Orchard Primary School admission rules for 24-25

How were school places allocated in previous years?

What happened in the last 2 years
 20232024

Number of places available

60

60

Number of applications made

149

160

Number of places offered

57

53

Places offered under each rule in 2024
Rules (in rule priority order)2024

Education, Health & Care (EHC) Plan

3

Children Looked After Or Previously Looked After

1

Medical/social

0

Siblings

24

Children Of Staff

1

Distance

24

Non Ranked Allocation

1

Places offered under each rule in 2023
Rules (in rule priority order)2023

Education, Health & Care (EHC) Plan

1

Children Looked After Or Previously Looked After

0

Medical/social

0

Siblings

22

Children Of Staff

0

Distance

34

Distance of the furthest child admitted

Please view the Allocation Summary Report(s) for further information about distance allocations.

Use our 'Find Your Nearest School' system to identify the "nearest" school to your child's home address, in accordance with Hertfordshire County Council's admission arrangements.

Vacancies (for in year applications)

Yes - there are vacancies in Year 1, Year 2 and Year 4

Updated: 4 December 2024

Vacancy information is only relevant to in year applications.

Schools aim to update their vacancy information every 2 weeks.

Treat this information as a guide only – the situation can change on a daily basis.

Performance and Ofsted

Performance table for The Orchard Primary School.

Ofsted report and rating for The Orchard Primary School.

School officers

In Year Admissions Officer: Melissa Hardy

District Schools Effectiveness Advisor: Marie Harvey

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