Grange Park Primary School

Grange Park Primary School is a warm, welcoming school where pupils thrive and leaders are determined that every pupil succeeds. The quality of education is good, while behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision are all outstanding. The curriculum is ambitious and well sequenced, reading is central from Nursery onwards, and pupils with SEND are accurately identified and well supported. Pupils’ behaviour is exemplary, attendance is very high, and personal development is exceptional, with a wide range of opportunities that prepare pupils well for life beyond the classroom. Outcomes in reading and mathematics have improved considerably. The school is an academy converter within Community Academies Trust, and this was its first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic; under the current framework it does not receive an overall effectiveness grade. The main area for improvement is writing: a new approach has been introduced and staff are trained, but it is at an early stage, so the impact on handwriting, spelling and grammar is not yet consistent across pupils’ written work. Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Strengths

• Pupils thrive in a warm and welcoming school environment
• Leaders are determined that every pupil succeeds
• The curriculum is ambitious and carefully sequenced across subjects
• Teachers have excellent subject knowledge and check pupils’ understanding before moving on
• Reading is at the heart of the curriculum and starts in Nursery
• Phonics is taught expertly, with quick catch-up for pupils who need extra practice
• Pupils with SEND are accurately identified and effectively supported
• Pupils’ behaviour is exemplary and they show high levels of respect
• Attendance is very high and no group is disadvantaged by low attendance
• Personal development provision is exceptional and broadens pupils’ cultural understanding
• Pupils learn about protected characteristics and fundamental British values in an age-appropriate way
• Pupils take on roles and responsibilities that build their understanding of responsibility
• Staff, parents and pupils are overwhelmingly proud of the school
• Leaders support staff well-being and manage workload realistically
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• The teaching of writing is not yet consistent across the school
• Recent changes to writing have not had a consistent impact on handwriting, spelling and grammar

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 Park Primary School attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.4% 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, 1.5% of pupils at Grange Park 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 Grange Park Primary School had 23.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 3.7% 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, 28.1% of pupils at Grange Park Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.6% 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 Park Primary School received £7,377 and spent £7,218 for each of its 462 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £229,000 (£496 per pupil).

Across all 17 schools of Community Academies Trust, income was £7,309 and spending £7,301 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 Telford · Telford and Wrekin local authority: places and applications

Grange Park Primary School is part of Community Academies Trust, which runs 17 schools. The nearest others:

• Windmill Primary School Telford
• The Telford Langley School Telford
• Chadsmead Primary Academy Lichfield
• Millfield Primary School Tamworth
• The Woodlands Community Primary School Tamworth
• The Wilnecote School Tamworth
• Stoneydelph Primary School Tamworth
• Wood End Primary School Atherstone
• The Polesworth School Tamworth
• Birchwood Primary School Tamworth

What is Grange Park Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Grange Park Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was Grange Park Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Grange Park Primary School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does Grange Park Primary School have?

Grange Park Primary School has 474 pupils on roll.

What age range does Grange Park Primary School cover?

Grange Park Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 59% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Grange Park Primary School?

Grange Park Primary School is at Grange Avenue, Stirchley, Telford, Shropshire, TF3 1ET.