The Grange Community Primary School

The Grange Community Primary School is performing well overall, maintaining its status as a good school. Pupils express happiness and enthusiasm for their learning environment, which is characterized by strong pastoral support and a culture of care. The school effectively supports all students, including those with special educational needs, ensuring that they engage positively with their education. The school’s commitment to high expectations in both academic and personal development is evident, fostering a positive atmosphere where pupils are proud of their achievements and responsibilities. Despite these strengths, the report highlights some areas for growth. While leaders have ambitious academic targets and a broad curriculum, certain foundation subjects lack precise identification of essential knowledge, resulting in gaps that could be addressed to enhance learning further. Overall, the inspection reflects a commitment to improvement and a positive trajectory for the school, with an emphasis on ensuring that every pupil can succeed.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and supported in a welcoming environment.
• Strong focus on reading with a culture that values literacy.
• Ambitious leadership with high expectations for all pupils.
• Inclusive ethos that supports the needs of pupils with SEND.
• Effective training for staff in teaching phonics.
• Wide range of extra-curricular activities promoting personal development.

Areas for Improvement

• Some foundation subjects lack precise identification of essential knowledge, leading to knowledge gaps.

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 The Grange Community Primary School attended 96.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.1% 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, 0.3% of pupils at The Grange Community Primary 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 The Grange Community Primary School had 19.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.2% 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, 17.7% of pupils at The Grange Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.8% 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 The Grange Community Primary School received £6,328 and spent £6,834 for each of its 310 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £19,000 (-£60 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 The Grange Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Grange Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was The Grange Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

The Grange Community Primary School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does The Grange Community Primary School have?

The Grange Community Primary School has 310 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Grange Community Primary School cover?

The Grange Community Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are The Grange Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 89% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is The Grange Community Primary School?

The Grange Community Primary School is at Avocet Way, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 9YA.