News

• Tuesday 1 July 2025 Catering provider - Harrisons Catering Click here to learn about our new catering company (Harrison's) who will be starting in the new academic year.
• Tuesday 22 April 2025 Late collection fees From after the Spring break, we will be implementing a late collection fee for pupils who are collected late from school on a regular basis. For further information please click here.
• Thursday 3 April 2025 Litter We realise at this time of year many of our parents and pupils use the local park after school to enjoy the good weather, but please can we request that any litter is thrown away in the bins provided or taken home to be thrown away.
• Thursday 27 February 2025 Raising the Righteous We will be starting a new series of parenting sessions to help develop, protect and preserve our children’s Islamic tarbiyah. All parents are welcome to attend. For furth information please click here.
• Thursday 13 February 2025 NSPCC's Speak out. Stay Safe. Speak out. Stay safe. is a programme for children aged 5-11 which aims to help children understand abuse in all its forms and to recognise the signs of abuse.
• Monday 3 February 2025 Xpressions! - New school messaging app Download the new communication app the goes live next week (Monday 3rd February 2025) - Groupcall Xpressions! (For further details please click here).
• Tuesday 8 October 2024 LTNs - Lower Traffic Neighbourhood Please click here for further details.
• Wednesday 5 June 2024 Assessment Information for parents Please click here for further details on statutory and non-statutory assessments at Orchard Primary School.
• Thursday 28 March 2024 Lambeth Parent Forum Please click here for more information from Lambeth Parent Forum, a voluntary group of parent carers of children and young people with SEND aged 0 - 25 in Lambeth.
• Monday 29 January 2024 Change in Morning Procedure To help improve attendance and punctuality for our pupils we will be trialling a new procedure for the morning to allow a 'soft start' for morning registration. With the slight adjustment to timings we hope this will help parents to get here on time.
• Tuesday 31 October 2023 Parent Volunteers Needed! Please click here for further details - Orchard Primary School Needs You!
• Monday 10 July 2023 Free School Meals for Primary children We are thrilled to share some incredible news with you before the summer holidays begin. We are delighted that the Mayor of London is ensuring all primary school children who attend state schools in London will receive free school meals for the full academic year, starting this September. Fro further information please click here.
• Tuesday 20 June 2023 Pupil Attendance It can be tricky deciding whether or not to keep your child off school when they're unwell. To help you make the right decision the NHS has published some guidance which may help with your decision.
• Tuesday 28 February 2023 Orchard Telegram Announcement Group Orchard has now created a Telegram announcement group for parents to join. This will help us improve communications of any upcoming events or urgent anouncements that need to be sent out. For further details please click here.
• Wednesday 19 October 2022 Holiday/Leave During Term Time A reminder to parents to please minimise holiday/leave requests during term time. Leave will be unauthorised unless it is under special circumstances and the office will require evidence for this; please click for further details.
• Thursday 6 October 2022 No Parking, please! A reminder for parents who come to school via car - please DO NOT park in front of Rush Common Mews and the Christchurch School parking gates at drop off in the morning and pick up in the afternoon as these are in constant use throughout the day.