Orleans Park School

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Orleans Park School
Address
Richmond Road Twickenham , London , TW1 3BB England
Coordinates	51°26′58″N 0°19′13″W / 51.4495°N 0.32027°W / 51.4495; -0.32027
Information
Type	Academy
Motto	Be the Best You can Be
Established	1973
Department for Education URN	138651 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Head teacher	Kathy Pacey
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 18
Enrolment	1,213[1]
Website	http://www.orleanspark.richmond.sch.uk

Orleans Park School is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in Twickenham area of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England. It is situated 10 miles south-west of central London.

As with other schools, latest exam results and related data are published in the Department for Education's national tables.^[2]

The school is situated in part of the former grounds of nearby Orleans House.^[3] Covering 16 acres (6.5 ha), it opened on the existing site in 1973 and the building was extended in 1993.^[4]

Orleans Park teaches pupils in years 7–13 (ages 11–19), with 8 tutor groups in each school year. Since 2014 there has been a Sixth Form, with 6 tutor groups in each of the two years.^[5] The school gained the status of a Mathematics and Computing College in September 2003, then also became a Language College in September 2008. The school converted to academy status on 1 September 2012.

The uniform consists of a maroon sweatshirt, a white shirt and grey trousers; both the skirt and the jumper display the school's logo, interlocked letters O and P. The new uniform is grey skirt/trousers with a maroon v neck sweater with an added gold band around the v. There is also the Orleans park writing and logo in gold. Under this is a white shirt with a normal collar or a revered collar.

Many pupils at Orleans Park come from the following nearby primary schools: St. Stephen's School, Archdeacon Cambridge's School, St. Mary's School, Chase Bridge Primary School, Orleans Primary, Ivybridge school, and The Vineyard School.^{[citation needed]}

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• Cameron Cowell, professional rugby player who played 38 times for Englands Sevens team.^[7]
• Claire Allan, Olympic 2016 Rugby Sevens player^[8]
• Julian Dunkerton, co-founder of Superdry^[9]
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• Josh Herdman, actor best known for playing Gregory Goyle in the Harry Potter films^[11]
• Scott Overall, Olympic Marathon runner^[12]
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• Greg Davies, comedian and actor who taught drama at the school prior to his entertainment career. Best known for his role as the Taskmaster in Taskmaster, and as Mr Gilbert in The Inbetweeners^[15]
• Beth Potter, Paris 2024 Olympics Individual Triathlon bronze medalist.^[16] She was a former science teacher at Orleans Park School, teaching physics A-level up until 2016^[16]

• List of schools in Twickenham

• Official website
• Orleans Park School Association