Grange Junior School

Grange Junior School is performing securely overall. The inspection found strong provision for inclusion and for personal development and wellbeing, with expected standards in achievement, attendance and behaviour, curriculum and teaching, and leadership and governance. Safeguarding standards are met. The school serves 253 pupils, with above-average proportions of pupils eligible for free school meals and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities, and its work to support these pupils is a notable strength. Leaders identify pupils’ needs swiftly and tailor support carefully, using well-embedded systems, targeted phonics and reading help, mathematics resources and rigorous monitoring. The personal development programme is highly effective, with strong relationships, sex and health education, wide enrichment and leadership opportunities, and good wellbeing support. Pupils typically behave well, attendance is broadly in line with national averages, and by the end of key stage 2 attainment is broadly average. Areas for further work include making sure all staff deliver the planned curriculum with the same precision, so that pupils build knowledge securely, and embedding consistently high expectations for spelling and presentation across all subjects. A small number of pupils do not always remain focused, a small number still face barriers to regular attendance, and multiplication tables check outcomes are lower than in other areas. Some improvement initiatives are also still embedding, although leaders are taking appropriate action and staff feel well supported.

Strengths

• Safeguarding standards are met within an open and positive culture.
• Leaders identify pupils’ needs swiftly and accurately.
• Provision for pupils with SEND, disadvantaged pupils and those known to social care is carefully tailored.
• Teaching adaptations help many pupils become more independent over time.
• Targeted phonics, reading and mathematics support reduces barriers to learning.
• Rigorous monitoring of progress and interventions keeps support effective.
• The personal development and wellbeing programme is highly effective and well sequenced.
• Pupils build secure age-appropriate knowledge about relationships, health and safety.
• Pupils access a wide range of enrichment, sports and leadership opportunities.
• Pupils feel included, valued and well prepared for their next steps.
• Pupils generally achieve well and make secure progress from their starting points.
• Reading and mathematics foundations are secure, including vocabulary and calculation.
• Attendance systems are clear, prompt and improving attendance over time.
• Pupils typically behave well, and recorded bullying incidents are reducing.
• The curriculum is broad and ambitious, with a clear focus on reading, vocabulary and mathematical fluency.
• Leaders understand the school well, set high expectations and support staff workload.
• Governance knows the school well and provides appropriate support and challenge.

Areas for Improvement

• Staff do not always deliver the planned curriculum with the same precision, so pupils do not consistently build knowledge as securely as intended.
• Pupils do not yet consistently apply high standards of spelling and presentation across all curriculum areas.
• A small number of pupils do not always remain consistently focused, which can affect their learning.
• A small number of pupils continue to face barriers to regular attendance.
• Outcomes in the multiplication tables check are lower than in other areas.
• Professional development impact is not yet consistent in all subjects.
• Some improvement initiatives are still embedding.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Grange Junior School attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 4.7% of pupils at Grange Junior School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Grange Junior School had 19.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 21.3% of pupils at Grange Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Grange Junior School received £7,665 and spent £8,014 for each of its 249 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £81,000 (£325 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Grange Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Grange Junior School is Expected standard, from an inspection in September 2026.

When was Grange Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Grange Junior School was last inspected in September 2026.

How many pupils does Grange Junior School have?

Grange Junior School has 249 pupils on roll.

What age range does Grange Junior School cover?

Grange Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Grange Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 58% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Grange Junior School?

Grange Junior School is at Grange Lane, Gosport, Hampshire, PO13 9RX.