Voluntary aided school · Primary
Pershore · WR10 1EB · Worcestershire
Ages 2–11
Status: Open
0.3 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 144457
Orchard Primary School
Academy converter · Pershore · WR10 1ET
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 2–11
Pupils
185
Local authority
Worcestershire
Age range
Ages 2–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 2–11, in Pershore, Worcestershire, 185 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 20.5%.
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Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 144457
Location
- Address
- Cherry Orchard
- Postcode
- WR10 1ET
- Town
- Pershore
- County
- Worcestershire
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- District
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 185
- Boys / girls
- 87 / 98
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 185 / 210 (88%)
- Free school meals
- 20.5%
- FSM pupils
- 38
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: QUEST LEARNING TRUST
- Academy trust
- QUEST LEARNING TRUST
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Bitcon
- Telephone
- 01386552515
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Needs attention
Inspection date
2026-02-03
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 53%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 3%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 102.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 102.0
Absence
Pupil absence rates from DfE pupil absence in schools in England. Persistent absence means 10% or more of sessions missed; severe absence means 50% or more. Lower figures are better.
Academic year 2023/24
Overall absence
8.6%
Persistent absence
26.1%
Unauthorised
2.5%
- Authorised absence
- 6.1%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.3%
- Enrolments in measure
- 176
Recent years
- 2022/23
- Overall 8.3% · Persistent 27.9%
- 2021/22
- Overall 9.0% · Persistent 36.0%