# Orchard School Bristol — Bristol, United Kingdom > School profile on SchoolBrowse, based on verified parent reviews. > HTML version: https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/bristol/orchard-school-bristol-13796 ## At a glance - **Type:** Secondary - **Parent rating:** 2.2/5 from 10 published reviews - **Students:** 925 - **Founded:** 2008 - **Principal:** Ms Melanie Sweet ## Contact - **Address:** Filton Road, Horfield, Bristol BS7 0XZ - **Phone:** 0117 377 2000 - **Website:** https://www.orchardschoolbristol.co.uk - **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/bristol/orchard-school-bristol-13796 ## About Orchard School Bristol is a mixed 11-16 academy with a richly diverse local area. We pride ourselves on our harmonious atmosphere and the care we show for each young person. Our mission statement, “inspire today, empower for life” reflects how we approach our school life. ## Official rankings - **Ofsted (Leadership and Management):** Good — Oct 2015 - **Ofsted (Overall Effectiveness):** Good — Oct 2015 ## Recent parent reviews - **1/5** — Worst bullying ever: Teachers do not care at all about students, only there to get paid. Bullying is everywhere in this school and nothing gets done about it. There has recently been a suicide because of bullying here . Truly needs work *(Mar 2023)* - **4/5** — Minions The Rise Of Orchard Gru of Moskau Moskau: It’s a good school and I’d like to send my son there *(Mar 2023)* - **1/5** — Terrible school: I went to this school but had to move because of my mental health and I’ve got to say this school is terrible they do not take anything seriously 😒 I struggled to go in school everyday and one of the teachers was vile towards me told me I was spoiled brat and played on my mental health like wtf how is that okay? And when I went in school crying she would tell me to get over it 😡 I am a 14 year old girl who needed help with mental health and this school made it worse absolutely disgusting school … *(Dec 2022)* - **4/5** — Some Great Aspects, but Room for Improvement: We've been with Orchard School for about a year now, and we've seen some really positive changes. The teachers are generally great, and the facilities are fantastic. However, we've experienced some issues with communication between the school and parents, particularly when it comes to things like absence and punctuality. I think the school could do a bit more to engage with parents and keep us informed. *(Sep 2022)* - **5/5** — Outstanding School: We've been with Orchard School for three years now and it's been a wonderful experience for our daughter and our family. The school's values of 'inspire today, empower for life' truly shine through in the way the teachers and staff support the students. The facilities are also excellent, with plenty of opportunities for extracurricular activities and sports. *(May 2022)* - **1/5** — racism in osb: orchard school bristol is a highly racist school who put down and degrade students of colour. the deputy head Dorian coxon does not hesitate to call students of colour ''thugs'' if an incident happens between a white student and a student of colour they would believe the white students this school is terrible and needs to be shut down *(Mar 2022)* - **4/5** — Great School, Great Community: We moved out of the area a few years ago, but we were so impressed with Orchard School that we kept our children on to the end of their secondary education. The community is supportive and inclusive, and the school's focus on individualised learning really helped our children thrive. The only thing that stops me giving it 5 stars is the distance we now have to travel to get to the school. *(Jan 2021)* - **2/5** — Disappointing: None of the staff listen to you when you have a problem and the staff also don’t keep things you tell them private and confidential. And The Anti-bullying Staff and other teachers are very bad at dealing with bullies and bullying. I personally know students who have left and moved to different schools because they were being threatened by other students and other students parents on school site! And as usually the school did nothing. I have also had personal experiences with being shouted at and… *(Oct 2020)* - **1/5** — Social distancing and corona: They don’t listen to you when you have a problem and they are very terrible at social distancing. I am a student there and I went back this week and nobody was social distancing. It was as like they didn’t care about us kids but only cared about the adults. *(Sep 2020)* - **1/5** — Do not attend: They dont deal with bullying well and certain teachers have it out for certain students. *(Aug 2020)* ## Other schools in Bristol - [Oasis Academy Brightstowe](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/bristol/oasis-academy-brightstowe-11752) — 1.5/5 (41 reviews) - [Blaise High School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/bristol/blaise-high-school-20858) — 1.5/5 (28 reviews) - [Cotham School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/bristol/cotham-school-13000) — 1.3/5 (23 reviews) - [Mangotsfield School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/bristol/mangotsfield-school-16677) — 1.5/5 (22 reviews) - [Sir Bernard Lovell Academy](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/bristol/sir-bernard-lovell-academy-16402) — 1.8/5 (17 reviews) - [Winterbourne Academy](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/bristol/winterbourne-academy-19536) — 2.7/5 (15 reviews) --- Source: SchoolBrowse (https://schoolbrowse.com) — reviews and ratings are user-submitted by parents. 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