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Orchard Grove Primary School

PrimaryAges 2–11Free school

near Trull, TA3 7FD · Somerset local authority

Trull’s School Grade B− better than 53% of towns in England

Getting in
46/46
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
130 pupils
28% of its 472 places
Free school meals
9%
9 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Orchard Grove Primary School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 130 pupils for 472 places
  • 9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted report card, June 2026: achievement strong standard, safeguarding met (shown, not graded)
  • Outside any built-up area: listed with Trull, the nearest town
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (46 of 46)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (TA3 7) sold for a median £425,000; Trull’s is £410,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Orchard Grove Primary School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

46
families put it first for September 2026
49
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered

In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Blackdown Education Partnership sets the admissions rules. Apply through Somerset council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools nearby, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

1.37 per place
73% got their first choice
1.10 per place
85% got their first choice
1.03 per place
95% got their first choice
0.96 per place
100% got their first choice
0.94 per place
100% got their first choice
Orchard Grove Primary
0.94 per place
100% got their first choice
0.93 per place
95% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

64 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
12.5%England 15.3%
EHC plan
1.6%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
29.7%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
6.1%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 39%Boys 61%
Its letter

No letter for Orchard Grove Primary School

No published results for this school: a new school, or a cohort small enough for DfE to suppress. No results, no letter.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Report card, inspection starting June 2026.

SafeguardingMet
AchievementStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
InclusionStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and well-beingStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
Early yearsStrong standard

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Orchard Grove Primary School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in TA3 7, the school’s postcode sector

Trull property prices →
£425,000
median sale, 152 sales in 36 months · Trull £410,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K£450K£500K2010201520202025TA3 7Trull
TA3 7Trull

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£510K
Semi-detached
£391K
Terraced
£308K
Flat
£176K
TA3 7Trull

Homes in TA3 7 sell for a little over Trull’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

6 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNB−A+B+A−C+BOrchard Grove Primary School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

near Trull, TA3 7FD

Orchard Grove Primary School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Orchard Grove Primary School?

For September 2026, 46 families put Orchard Grove Primary School first and all of them were offered a place; 49 places were offered in all.

What is Orchard Grove Primary School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection (June 2026) gave a report card: achievement strong standard, safeguarding met. Ofsted stopped giving one-word overall grades in September 2024.

How much do houses cost near Orchard Grove Primary School?

Homes in its postcode sector, TA3 7, sold for a median £425,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (152 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Trull’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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