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Orchard School Bristol

Statutory Information 

School Address:

Orchard School Bristol                                                                                                                                Filton Road                                                                                                                                      Horfield                                                                                                                                              Bristol                                                                                                                                                     BS7 0XZ

Headteacher: Ms Mel Sweet 

Ms Sweet can be contacted through the School Reception on 0117 377 2000 or by email on  info@orchard.tila.school 

SENDCo: Ms Rebecca Shepherd

Ms Shepherd can be contacted through the School Reception on 0117 377 2000 or by email on bshepherd@orchard.tila.school

We are proud to be a member of the Trust In Learning Academies (TILA), a Bristol-based Multi Academy Trust. 

TILA has 8 schools in the family at present: Bridge Learning Campus, Charlton Wood Primary Academy, Filton Avenue Primary School, Fonthill Primary Academy, Henbury Court Primary Academy, Little Mead Primary Academy, Orchard School Bristol and Parson Street Primary School. 

The Trust vision is:

  • To Inspire our pupils to Trust in Learning to achieve their full potential
  • To Empower pupils to have confidence in their successes to make a positive contribution to the world
  • To remove Barriers to learning and help transform the lives of the pupils.

Trust in Learning Academies (TiLA) Registered Office:

Trust in Learning Academies
Trust House
Teyfant Road
Bristol
BS13 0RG

Telephone: 0117 377 3442

TiLA Website: www.tilacademies.co.uk

Enquiries for the Trust should be emailed to Catherine Bennett, Trust Secretary: cbennett@tila.school

Enquiries for Orchard governors should be emailed to Sarah Barker, Clerk to Governors: sbarker@orchard.tila.school

Annual reports and accounts

As an academy, we are required to publish our annual accounts and funding agreement.  You can find our:

  • annual report
  • annual audited accounts
  • gender pay gap
  • memorandum of association
  • names of charity trustees and members
  • funding agreement
  • salaries of more than £100,000
  • whistleblowing procedure

on the Trust in Learning Academies website here.

Admission arrangements 

Please refer to our Admission page for the latest Admission arrangements: Admissions (Our School menu tab)

Ofsted Report and Results

Ofsted Reports

Key stage 4 (KS4) results

  • the school’s progress 8 score
  • the school’s attainment 8 score
  • the percentage of pupils who’ve achieved a strong pass (grade 5 or above) in English and maths
  • the percentage of pupils entering for the English Baccalaureate (EBacc)
  • percentage of pupils who have achieved the English Baccalaureate
  • percentage of students staying in education or employment after KS4

Gov.UK - Compare Schools Website

Policies 

  All our policies can be found on this page: Policies (Key Info menu tab)

Curriculum

Pupil Premium

Details of how the school spends its pupil premium funding and the effect this has had on the attainment of the pupils who attract the funding.
Information about our Year 7 literacy and numeracy and Catch Up Premium 

Request for printed copies 

Should you require any printed copies of statutory information, please contact info@orchard.tila.school and we are happy to provide it free of charge.

Special Educational Needs (SEN) report 

The school’s policy for pupils with Special Educational Needs.
The school's SEN information report can be found on our policies pagePolicies (Key Info menu tab)
The school's accessibility plan. is on our Policies (Key Info menu tab)

Provider Access Statement

The provider access statement is available on our policies page here.

Equality Objectives

Equality and Diversity Strategy

Governors' information and duties

Governors' information can be found here

Trustees' information and duties

Trustees' information can be found here.

Remote Education Provision at Orchard School: Information for parents

 Remote Learning Provision 

Values and ethos

Orchard School's values and ethos can be found hereEthos & Values (Our School menu tab)