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Orchard Infant School

Primary school · Academy converter · ages 4 to 7 · Mixed

Water Lane, Dibden Purlieu, Southampton, SO45 4SB

  • Pupils270
  • Ages4 to 7
  • Latest Ofsted8 Mar 2022
  • FundingState-funded
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Ofsted inspections

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Graded inspection · 8 Mar 2022

This inspection was of a predecessor school, before it reopened under its current reference number. Ofsted says grades of a predecessor school can’t, in law, transfer to the new one.

Overall effectiveness: Outstanding

  • Quality of educationOutstanding
  • Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
  • Personal developmentOutstanding
  • Leadership and managementOutstanding
  • Early years provisionOutstanding
  • Safeguarding is effectiveYes

Grades run from Outstanding to Inadequate (four steps, left to right).

S5 Inspection · report published 5 May 2022

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Source: Ofsted, state-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (latest inspections as at 30 September 2026). Newer inspections may be on Ofsted’s website. How Ofsted inspections work.

Results

No results for this school are in the performance tables we use. Results are published for schools with pupils at the end of Year 6, Year 11 or 16 to 18 study, and figures are hidden when very few pupils are involved.

Source: Department for Education, school performance tables. England and local authority figures are the DfE’s own, for the same year.

Pupils and attendance

Pupils
270 (capacity 270)
127 girls, 143 boys
Eligible for free school meals
10.4% (currently eligible, census of January 2026)

Sources: Get Information about Schools; DfE school census and absence statistics via the performance tables. What these figures mean.

About the school

Type
Academy converter (Academies)
Phase
Primary
Trust
UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER ACADEMY TRUST
Sponsor
University of Winchester Academy Trust
Boys, girls or mixed
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
Nursery
No Nursery Classes
Sixth form
Does not have a sixth form
Opened
1 November 2025
Local authority
Hampshire
Parliamentary constituency
New Forest East
URN
152144 (the DfE’s reference number for the school)

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Admissions

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