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Orchardside School

URN
101972
Phase
Not applicable
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Orchardside School
URN
101972
Phase
Not applicable
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-16
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Good

65 / 100

Good

Based on official data for academic year 2022/23.

Academic Outcomes

—

Inspection

80

Admissions Value

—

Destinations

19

Stability & Context

75

School Compass rankings

School rankings are not currently available.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: Competition not available
  • Admissions risk: Moderate risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Below Average
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
26 June 2022
Inspection date
2 March 2022
Inspection type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Overall effectiveness

    Good

    Graded 26 June 2022

  • Quality of education

    Good

    Graded 26 June 2022

  • Behaviour and attitudes

Admissions

Admissions information is not currently available for this school.

Where to apply

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Local authority
Enfield
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (Enfield)
School website
www.orchardside.school

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Enfield to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 destinations

Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

Education destination

Education %

30.0%

Employment destination

Employment %

0.0%

Apprenticeship destination

Apprenticeships %

4.0%

Not in education, employment or training

NEET %

35.0%

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

Location

EN1 4RL - 230 Bullsmoor Lane, Enfield

Contact details

Address
230 Bullsmoor Lane, Enfield
Postcode
EN1 4RL
Phone
2083534270
Website
www.orchardside.school
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Enfield
Local authority code
308

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 192 schools in Enfield.

Authority statistics

Total schools

192

Open schools

108

Closed schools

84

Primary schools

117

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Good

    Graded 26 June 2022

  • Personal development

    Good

    Graded 26 June 2022

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 26 June 2022

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    26 June 20222 March 2022Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1GoodView report for inspection published 26 June 2022
    • Good

      Published
      26 June 2022
      Inspected
      2 March 2022
      Type
      Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Secondary schools

    28

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary117 (60.9%)
    • Secondary28 (14.6%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other47 (24.5%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Capel Manor Primary School157 mPrimaryOpen
    Capel Manor College197 m16 plusOpen
    Honilands Primary School492 mPrimaryOpen
    Honilands Primary School492 mPrimaryClosed
    St Ignatius College590 mSecondaryOpen
    Forty Hill CofE Primary School859 mPrimaryOpen
    The Lea Valley Academy1.0 kmSecondaryOpen
    Lea Valley High School1.0 kmSecondaryClosed
    Aylands School1.1 kmNot applicableClosed
    Lea Valley Education Support Centre1.3 kmNot applicableClosed
    • Capel Manor Primary School
      Distance
      157 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Capel Manor College
      Distance
      197 m
      Phase
      16 plus
      Status
      Open
    • Honilands Primary School
      Distance
      492 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Honilands Primary School
      Distance
      492 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Not applicable) and local authority (Enfield)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Alternative Centre of EducationNot applicableN9 0TZOpen
    Applied Educational SolutionsNot applicableEN3 7HGClosed
    Aylands SchoolNot applicableEN3 6NYClosed
    Behaviour Support ServiceNot applicableN14 4ALClosed
    Church of God In Trinity (Orthodox)Not applicableN18 1DYClosed
    • Alternative Centre of Education
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Postcode
      N9 0TZ
      Status
      Open
    • Applied Educational Solutions
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Postcode
      EN3 7HG
      Status
      Closed
    • Aylands School
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Postcode
      EN3 6NY
      Status
      Closed
    • Behaviour Support Service
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Postcode
      N14 4AL
      Status
      Closed
    • Church of God In Trinity (Orthodox)
    St Ignatius College
    Distance
    590 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Forty Hill CofE Primary School
    Distance
    859 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • The Lea Valley Academy
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Lea Valley High School
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Aylands School
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Lea Valley Education Support Centre
    Distance
    1.3 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Phase
    Not applicable
    Postcode
    N18 1DY
    Status
    Closed