Grange Lane Infant Academy

Grange Lane Infant Academy has performed exceptionally well in its first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, achieving an overall effectiveness rating of 'Outstanding'. The school's leadership is robust, ensuring that pupils, including those with special educational needs and disadvantaged backgrounds, receive an ambitious and inclusive curriculum. Pupils demonstrate kindness and respect towards one another, resulting in a nurturing environment where they thrive academically and personally. The commitment to fostering a love of reading and delivering high-quality early years education was highlighted as a key strength of the school.

Strengths

• Exceptional leadership and management
• Inclusive culture supporting SEND and disadvantaged pupils
• High-quality early years curriculum
• Strong emphasis on reading and phonics
• Outstanding behaviour and attitudes among pupils
• Effective personal, social, and health education curriculum
• Positive relationships between staff, pupils, and families

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 Lane Infant Academy attended 94.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.9% 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 Grange Lane Infant Academy 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 Lane Infant Academy had 26.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.9% 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, 12.7% of pupils at Grange Lane Infant Academy 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 2024–25 Grange Lane Infant Academy received £8,431 and spent £8,176 for each of its 240 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £266,000 (£1,109 per pupil).

Across all 62 schools of Delta Academies Trust, income was £7,459 and spending £7,562 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Doncaster · Doncaster local authority: places and applications

Grange Lane Infant Academy is part of Delta Academies Trust, which runs 62 schools. The nearest others:

• Pheasant Bank Academy Doncaster
• Rossington All Saints Academy Doncaster
• Serlby Park Academy Doncaster
• Don Valley Academy Doncaster
• Morley Place Academy Doncaster
• De Warenne Academy Doncaster
• Rowena Academy Doncaster
• Highfields Primary Academy Doncaster
• Ash Hill Academy Doncaster
• Crookesbroom Primary Academy Doncaster

What is Grange Lane Infant Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Grange Lane Infant Academy is Outstanding, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Grange Lane Infant Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Grange Lane Infant Academy was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Grange Lane Infant Academy have?

Grange Lane Infant Academy has 251 pupils on roll.

What age range does Grange Lane Infant Academy cover?

Grange Lane Infant Academy for pupils aged 2 to 7.

Where is Grange Lane Infant Academy?

Grange Lane Infant Academy is at Grange Lane, Rossington, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN11 0QY.