A very warm welcome to our school website. We hope you enjoy browsing it and find all the information you need.

Orchard Park Primary School is situated on the northern boundary of the City of Cambridge in the growing Orchard Park development. We are fortunate to have a new, beautifully designed and well equipped school building surrounded by open play space.

Orchard Park is a small school with a focus on mutual support - a school in which everyone is valued, takes care of each other and does the very best they can. A school where everyone truly matters.

Our aim is to give each child the opportunity to discover their own strengths and talents in order to enjoy their school journey and prepare for the future.

At Orchard Park special attention is paid to the basic skills, whilst also developing the child as a whole to become confident and independent members of an ever changing society. We endeavour to teach those basic skills in an exciting way, as well as finding time to focus on creative and physical skills ensuring we all have fun.

We hope that you will find this website useful and informative. We believe that it gives you a snap shot of our happy and caring school. Here we wish to celebrate our success, our vision and our day to day school life.

Please do not hesitate to make direct contact with the school if there's anything else that you need to ask. Our office staff will give you a warm welcome and a wealth of information!

Jenny Russon

Headteacher

BRAND NEW NURSERY CLASS AT OUR SCHOOL!    Latest News as at 23rd June 2014

We are pleased to announce that Orchard Park Primary School will be opening a brand new nursery class in September due to the closure of Pear Tree Pre-School at the end of the Summer Term. The class will be for children who are 3+ and will be led by a qualified nursery teacher and support staff.  The Nursery Class will be part of Orchard Park Community Primary School.

In the first instance, the Nursery Class will be for mornings only.  The session will run from 8:50 am to 11:50 am Monday to Friday.  As a new setting, our first day of opening will be slightly delayed to allow time for the former pre-school to vacate the premises and for the new class to be set up.  This will also give the opportunity for a parents' meeting. induction sessions and home visits.  The date for our first full session will be Wednesday 24th September.

If you would like your child to have a nursery place, please complete the Nursery Admission Form and return it to the School Office (see below).  We also have paper copies of the admissions form available in the School Office.

In Cambridgeshire, a child is deemed to be of nursery age from the beginning of the term following their 3rd birthday until 31st August following their 4th birthday.  Children are eligible for a funded place for 15 hours from the beginning of the following term following their 3rd birthday.

There will be an out of school and breakfast club at Orchard Park in September.  This will be managed by an outside provider - Cambridge Kids Club.  If you would like more information about this club, please contact Cambridge Kids Club directly on 07960 412716.

We are very excited to be able to offer the opportunity for nursery provision and out of school care at Orchard Park.  This is a wonderful addition to the service we provide for the community we serve.

Please click here for a copy of the Nursery Admission Form

Please click here for a copy of the Nursery Pack (offering more detailed information)

Please click here for a copy of the letter introducing Cambridge Kids Club

Please click here for a copy of the Cambridge Kids Club prospectus

AGORA

We are pleased to let you know that our school has now moved over to the Agora online payments system which will enable parents to pay for school meals, uniform and trips for their child.

www.payyourschool.co.uk

Please note that when paying for school uniform via Agora, please can parents telephone the School Office first to check that the item is in stock. Otherwise, it may result in parents having to wait up to three weeks for the item to be delivered. We would not want anybody to part with money before necessary!