The Orchard Infant School, East Molesey
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
The Orchard Infant School excels at helping children learn to read quickly and confidently, with results significantly above national averages. The school places strong emphasis on inclusion, ensuring every child - including those with special needs - receives tailored support and achieves well. Parents describe the school as warm, caring and inclusive, and children are happy, confident and kind, with excellent behaviour and attendance.
Key Strengths
- Exceptional achievement in reading, writing and mathematics with Year 1 phonics results significantly above national averages
- Strong inclusive approach with highly effective support for pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils
- Excellent behaviour, attendance and wellbeing with consistently high expectations and robust pastoral support
- Wide range of enrichment activities and clubs including trips, music, dance and the 'Great 8 before I'm 8' initiative
- Effective early years provision that prioritises reading, writing and mathematics foundations
Areas for Improvement
- Oversight of some subjects in the wider curriculum is less well developed, limiting leaders' ability to identify improvement priorities across all areas
- During some independent activities in early years, staff do not always make the most of opportunities to extend children's learning further
- Governors are refining how they document the challenge they provide to leaders
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met with an open and positive culture where leaders have established that safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and concerns are actively identified and acted upon, making pupils safer and helping them feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Choir, dance, times tables club, trips, caring for animals, ukulele lessons
The Orchard Infant School is a high-performing school where pupils learn very well across the curriculum, with particularly strong outcomes in reading and mathematics. Leaders have created an inclusive, caring environment where safeguarding is effective and pupils feel safe and happy.
At a Glance
5.2%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
27.0
Avg class size
27.0
Infant (KS1)
6
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
93%
Near capacity
251 pupils
270 capacity
19 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - East Molesey
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for East Molesey
Admissions Demand - Surrey
Places available
13,213
Applications
12,004
Got 1st preference
88.4%
Got preferred school
98.3%
Primary admissions across Surrey (2025/26)
Inspection History(105)
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Pupil Absence2024/25
3.29621%
Overall absence
4.70588%
Persistent absence
170
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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