Orchard Park High School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 50 50.5 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 50.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 57.5% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 21.7% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: +0.37 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	44.8[5]	44.7%[5]
2023/24	49.7[3]	52.7%[3]	+0.37[3]
2022/23	50.6[6]	55%[6]	+0.51[6]
2021/22	49.8[7]	56%[7]	+0.52[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: D 2018/19[8]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 0% 2018/19[8]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]

Earlier years
Year	A-level average grade	AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2017/18	D+[10]	0%[10]
2016/17	D[11]	2.6%[11]
2015/16	C-[12]	12.5%[12]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 96% 2022/23[13]
School sixth form: 45% 2022/23[13]
Sixth-form college: 3% 2022/23[13]
Further education college: 46% 2022/23[13]
Apprenticeship: 2% 2022/23[13]
Employment: 1% 2022/23[13]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	88%[14]	38%[14]	2%[14]	41%[14]	3%[14]	3%[14]
2020/21	93%[15]	34%[15]	1%[15]	55%[15]	0%[15]	2%[15]
2019/20	93%[16]	28%[16]	8%[16]	54%[16]	0%[16]	2%[16]
2018/19	95%[17]	29%[17]	3%[17]	60%[17]	2%[17]	1%[17]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 81% 2016/17[18]
UK higher education: 38% 2016/17[18]
Education: 40% 2016/17[18]
Apprenticeship: 10% 2016/17[18]
Employment: 31% 2016/17[18]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	UK higher education	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2015/16	88%[19]	50%[19]	56%[19]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 58% 2015/16[20]
Top third of most selective universities: 8% 2015/16[20]
Russell Group universities: 8% 2015/16[20]
Oxford or Cambridge: 8% 2015/16[20]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 23 Jan 2024[21]
Type: Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[21]
Report published: 12 Mar 2024[21]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[21]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next[21]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
18 Sep 2018[22]	Academy First Section 5[22]	Good[22]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 4.1 Entry Sept 2026[23]
Applications (any preference): 601 Entry Sept 2026[23]
First preferences: 139 Entry Sept 2026[23]
Places offered: 145 Entry Sept 2026[23]
First preferences per place: 1.0 Entry Sept 2026[23]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	536[23]	130[23]	148[23]	3.6[23]	0.9[23]
Entry Sept 2024	409[23]	95[23]	150[23]	2.7[23]	0.6[23]
Entry Sept 2023	412[23]	82[23]	148[23]	2.8[23]	0.6[23]
Entry Sept 2022	337[23]	40[23]	146[23]	2.3[23]	0.3[23]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages: 11–16[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: No[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 1000[1]
Trust: GREENSHAW LEARNING TRUST[1]
Local authority: Croydon[1]
Website: www.orchardparkhigh.co.uk [1]
District: Croydon [24]
Postcode: CR0 7NJ[1]
URN: 142040[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 634 2024/25[25]
English as an additional language: 16.7% 2024/25[25]
SEN support: 14.2% 2024/25[25]
EHC plan: 4.1% 2024/25[25]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 45% 2024/25[25]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 37%[26]
Mixed: 20%[26]
Asian: 6.5%[26]
Black: 29.2%[26]
Any other ethnic group: 3.3%[26]
Unclassified: 4%[26]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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