Orley Farm School
11+ Admissions Guide 2026

Orley Farm School is an independent co-educational day school for pupils aged 4 to 13, located in Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex. Founded in 1850 as a boys' preparatory school, it has grown to include a pre-preparatory department opened in 1995. The school is organised into three sections: pre-prep for Reception and Years 1 and 2, the middle school for Years 3 and 4, and the upper school for Years 5 to 8. It is run as a charitable trust administered by a board of governors. The school aims to provide a broad and balanced curriculum through which all children enjoy their learning and reach their full potential. It seeks to create a challenging environment that stimulates enquiring minds, encourages independent learning, and helps pupils develop values to carry through life. Pupils come from local professional and business families and from a range of cultural and ethnic backgrounds. The school supports pupils with a variety of needs, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, those for whom English is an additional language, and those identified as highly able or as having a special talent in areas such as art, design, technology, music, sport, and computer science. The curriculum is adapted to meet the needs of these different groups of learners.

Pupils are not permitted to bring mobile phones onto the school site. Year 7 and year 8 pupils can request permission to carry a phone should they be travelling to or from school independently. In these instances, phones should be switched off whilst on the school site or whilst off site and the pupil is engaged in a school/afterschool activity. During the school day phones should be left at the school office.