Orleans Primary School
Hartington Road, Twickenham, TW1 3EN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Daniel Bishop
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Twickenham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 458
- Pupils on roll
- 429
- URN
- 102895
- Local authority
- Richmond upon Thames
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02088921654
About this school
Orleans Primary School is a community primary school in Twickenham. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 429 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 59 | 58 | 58 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 71% | 78% | 74% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 15% | 10% | 17% |
| Expected standard in reading | 90% | 90% | 90% |
| Expected standard in maths | 80% | 86% | 90% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 88% | 88% | 90% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109.0 | 109.0 | 111.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 107.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.10 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Orleans Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Richmond upon Thames average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 71% | 70.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 78% | 72.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 74% | 72.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 453 |
| 2023/24 | 457 |
| 2024/25 | 442 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Orleans Primary School compares
Orleans Primary School ranked 28th of 38 primary schools in Richmond upon Thames for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 76% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 89% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 74% | 3.7% | 5.3% | 429 | — |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School | 89% | 2.9% | 4.3% | 619 | 0.3 miles |
| St Stephen's C E Primary School | 79% | 3.3% | 6.5% | 417 | 0.3 miles |
| Ivybridge Primary School | 69% | 4.4% | 46.5% | 136 | 0.5 miles |
| Deer Park School | 97% | 3.1% | 5.1% | 417 | 0.5 miles |
| St Richard Reynolds Catholic Primary School | 90% | 2.7% | 5.2% | 210 | 0.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 5.28%
- English as an additional language
- 51.1%
- Overall absence
- 3.73%
- Persistent absence
- 3.75%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Mary's Church of England Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Twickenham
-
St Stephen's C E Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Twickenham
-
Ivybridge Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Isleworth
-
Deer Park School0.5 miles
Primary · Twickenham
-
St Richard Reynolds Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · London
Other schools in Twickenham
Orleans Primary School ranks 10th of the 13 ranked primary schools in Twickenham.
- Archdeacon Cambridge's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bishop Perrin Church of England Primary School Primary
- Chase Bridge Primary School Primary
- Deer Park School Primary
- Heathfield Infant School Primary
- Heathfield Junior School Primary
- Nelson Primary School Primary
- St Edmund's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St James's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Stephen's C E Primary School Primary
- Trafalgar Infant School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Orleans Primary School teach?
- Orleans Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Twickenham.
- Who is the headteacher of Orleans Primary School?
- The headteacher of Orleans Primary School is Mr Daniel Bishop, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Orleans Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Orleans Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Orleans Primary School?
- Orleans Primary School has 429 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Orleans Primary School full?
- Orleans Primary School has capacity for 458 pupils and 429 on roll (94%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Orleans Primary School a faith school?
- No. Orleans Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Orleans Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Orleans Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Orleans Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 71% in 2022/23 and 74% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Orleans Primary School rank locally?
- Orleans Primary School ranked 28th of 38 primary schools in Richmond upon Thames for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 76% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 89% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Orleans Primary School's absence rate?
- Orleans Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Orleans Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Orleans Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.