North West Kent Cup Football Final
Congratulations to Paul Gregory and his Year 10 team who won the North West Kent Cup Final. Final Score 3 – 1. Please see Sport/School Results for more information.
Active Learning Sessions for Parents
On behalf of the maths department, I would like to invite you to our training sessions for parents, which we hope will help you to work with your child at home. For more information please go to the Information tab then Learning for Parents.
Chris Cook – Commonwealth and Olympic Competitor
Mr Nicholson has been successful in booking Chris Cook – Olympic Swimmer for assembley on Friday 18th May between 8.30 & 9.30am Please click on the following link to find out more about Chris Cook http://www.chriscookgb.com/home/.
Testimonial from a Local Resident
Dear Mr Smith, I am writing to say how much we have enjoyed reading your Easter Message. My husband must have picked it up by chance from the library. It was so good to read what your students have been doing. We both read it from cover to cover. The articles and news plus the [...]
Ofsted ‘Good’
‘Orchards Academy is a good and rapidly improving school’ ‘GCSE results have risen substantially in recent years’ ‘Teaching in the majority of lessons is good, and in some it is outstanding’ ‘They have high expectations of students in terms of work and behaviour’ ‘Students behave well in lessons and around the school’ Please click on [...]
Registration Details
Could we please ask all Parents/Guardian’s to check and amend their child’s Registration Detail Form and return it back to school after the half term as it is very important to make sure we keep our records upto date. If there are no changes if you could just sign and date the form and return [...]
I Chi Chun 18 Golden Classic Shaolin Kung Fu is coming to Orchards Academy in the New Year
I Chi Chun 18 Golden Classic Shaolin Kung Fu is coming to Orchards Academy in the New Year. It will be under the tutelage of Master Monty Ayoub (See photo’s above) a veteran of Shaolin Kung Fu who studied under Grand Master Ho Sun Chow at the shaolin temple in the northern province of china. [...]
Record Results at Orchards Academy – 48% Achieving 5A*-C Including English & Maths
Staff and students are celebrating at Orchards Academy after the students achieved the best results in the school’s history. The percentage of students that achieved 5 A*-C grades including English and Maths at GCSE level rose from 37% achieved in 2010 to 48%. Pupils achieving the expected progress from KS2–KS4 in Maths has risen by [...]
Orchards Academy officially opened by Mayor
From News Shopper (North Kent): AN ACADEMY school has been officially opened by the Mayor of Swanley. Orchards Academy, formerly Swanley Technology College, in St Mary’s Road, Kent, will now be run as an independent school as part of the Kemnal Academies Trust. The school became an academy in November last year, which means it [...]
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Welcome to Orchards Academy
We are very pleased to say that we have gone from “Satisfactory” to “Good”. Please click into the Ofsted Link to read the full report – Ofsted Report – 2012.
We are also the most improved school in Kent.
Our new website is the first port of call of communication between you, the parents, and us, the staff at Orchards Academy.
Improving the website is one of the many improvements that are being continually implemented at Orchards Academy in order to bring about a positive change for the future.
This positive change will provide a more comprehensive and rounded education for your sons and daughters, and will ensure that they leave Orchards Academy equipped with the skills, and life chances that they deserve.
In time, the website will be the most comprehensive medium for you to find out any aspect of life at Orchards Academy. For the time being please do not hesitate to contact the Academy using the details below.
If you have any queries or suggestions regarding our new website, then please contact us.
Ben Smith, Head of Academy
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Record Results at Orchards Academy
Staff and students are celebrating at Orchards Academy after the students achieved the best results in the school’s history. The percentage of students that achieved 5 A*-C grades including English and Maths at GCSE level rose from 37% achieved in 2010 to 48%. Pupils achieving the expected progress from KS2–KS4 in Maths has risen by 9% and pupils achieving expected progress in English, has risen by 26%.
Since becoming part of The Kemnal Academies Trust, Orchards Academy has shown dramatic overall improvement more than doubling its GCSE results, increasing the percentage of students that leave with the grades required for further and higher education from 22% to 48%, an increase of 26%. Read whole article
Advice for Severe Weather Conditions
We will keep the website upto date to let you know if the school is closed, you can also listen to:-
There are also two helpful websites for general information and weather forecasts please click on the green links below.
| Radio Kent 96.7 and 104.2 FM |
Invicta Radio 103.1 FM |
KentOnline (KMFM) Kent Online |
Local Weather |
Footwear at School in Bad Weather
The ruling on footwear is that students can have other shoes/boots to walk to and from school with, but school footwear must be worn in school.