Orchardside School
Orchardside School is a pupil referral unit in Enfield for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 39 pupils. About 54 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted visited in April 2026 and gave it a report card, which is below.
230 Bullsmoor Lane, Enfield, EN1 4RL020 8353 4270orchardside.schoolMs Celeste Fay headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted visited on 14 April 2026. Instead of one overall word, it now gives a grade for each part of school life. Read the full report on Ofsted's website.
Ofsted says these new grades can't be lined up against the old one-word grades.
Earlier inspections (1)
| Date | Type | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 2 March 2022 | Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 | Good |
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Enfield council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (12), Moderate learning difficulty (6), language and communications needs (5), Autistic spectrum disorder (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 39 | 51 | 49 | 43 | 48 | 54 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 54% | 57% | 51% | 44% | 44% | 48% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 21% | 22% | 18% | 19% | 23% | 22% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 86% | 55% | 65% | 40% | 70% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 4% | 10% | 7% | 4% | 2% |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 23 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 25%, compared with 57% for everyone else.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 35% | 52% | 58% |
| Education | 30% | 48% | 46% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 0% | 0% |
| Work | 0% | 4% | 13% |
| Not in education, work or training | 35% | 26% | 29% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capel Manor Primary School | Council | 160 m | 274 | Report card 2025 | 28 | Compare |
| Capel Manor College | Further education | 200 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Honilands Primary School | Academy | 490 m | 340 | Good 2022 | – | Compare |
| St Ignatius College | Roman Catholic | 590 m | 972 | No overall grade 2025 | 92 | Compare |
| Forty Hill CofE Primary School | Church of England | 860 m | 225 | Report card 2026 | 51 | Compare |
| The Lea Valley Academy | Academy | 0.6 miles | 830 | Good 2022 | 13 | Compare |
| Worcesters Primary School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 599 | Good 2024 | 46 | Compare |
| Freezywater St George's CofE VA Primary School | Church of England | 0.8 miles | 220 | Good 2022 | 67 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Orchardside School a good school?
Orchardside School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted's report card from April 2026 rated its teaching as strong.
What is Orchardside School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted no longer gives schools one overall grade. When it visited on 14 April 2026 it rated teaching as strong, achievement as strong, behaviour and attendance as strong, leadership as exceptional.
How many pupils does Orchardside School have?
39 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 230 Bullsmoor Lane, Enfield, EN1 4RL
- Telephone
- 020 8353 4270
- Website
- www.orchardside.school
- Headteacher
- Ms Celeste Fay
- Type of school
- Pupil referral unit (Pupil referral unit, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Enfield
- Ward
- Whitewebbs
- Constituency
- Enfield North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 1996
- URN
- 101972 · LAESTAB 3081100 · UKPRN 10016642
- Formerly
- Newbury Unit
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.