Callis Grange Nursery and Infant School

Callis Grange Nursery and Infant School demonstrates overall good performance, with particularly outstanding aspects in behavior and attitudes and personal development. The school has a strong community spirit, where pupils feel safe and enjoy their learning experience, taking pride in their responsibilities as citizens. The leadership team, including the newly appointed headteacher, is focused on high aspirations for all pupils, including those with Special Educational Needs. There is a commendable emphasis on reading and effective phonics teaching, alongside a broad and ambitious curriculum.

Strengths

• Outstanding behavior and attitudes of pupils
• Effective phonics teaching and emphasis on reading
• Strong sense of citizenship among pupils
• Well-resourced early years provision
• High aspirations for all pupils, including those with SEND
• Good planning for extracurricular activities

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, content is not clearly defined, impacting planning and assessment

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 Callis Grange Nursery and Infant School attended 94.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.1% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Callis Grange Nursery and Infant 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 Callis Grange Nursery and Infant School had 20.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 33.8% 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, 5.2% of pupils at Callis Grange Nursery and Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.7% 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 Callis Grange Nursery and Infant School received £6,279 and spent £6,630 for each of its 291 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £180,000 (£620 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 Callis Grange Nursery and Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Callis Grange Nursery and Infant School is Good, from an inspection in June 2022.

When was Callis Grange Nursery and Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Callis Grange Nursery and Infant School was last inspected in June 2022.

How many pupils does Callis Grange Nursery and Infant School have?

Callis Grange Nursery and Infant School has 291 pupils on roll.

What age range does Callis Grange Nursery and Infant School cover?

Callis Grange Nursery and Infant School for pupils aged 3 to 7.

Where is Callis Grange Nursery and Infant School?

Callis Grange Nursery and Infant School is at Beacon Road, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 3DG.