Grange Primary Academy

Grange Primary Academy is performing well overall, with all key judgements judged good during this June 2025 inspection. This is a notable improvement from the previous inspection, when the school required improvement. The school, which joined Greenshaw Learning Trust in November 2023, has developed a broad and ambitious curriculum and pupils are now building knowledge securely and remembering more. Published Year 6 outcomes do not yet reflect the quality of current provision, but current pupils are rising to the school's high expectations. Staff know pupils as individuals and warm relationships help pupils feel secure. Behaviour is good, pupils are respectful, and personal development is thoughtfully planned with enrichment experiences. Early years provision is also good, with children learning routines and taking measured risks in a well-considered environment. Provision for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities is a particular strength, including the Sycamore Class provision, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. The main areas for improvement are handwriting and letter formation, where some pupils make repeated errors because teaching does not consistently address them, and attendance, where too many pupils, particularly disadvantaged pupils, are persistently absent and miss essential learning. Leaders and governors are well informed and hold the school to account, and the trust is closely involved in supporting improvement.

Strengths

• Broad and ambitious curriculum helps pupils know and remember more
• Strong SEND provision with early identification and measurable targets
• Skilled reading teaching with effective support and a well-designed comprehension curriculum
• Pupils behave well and feel secure because of warm relationships and clear expectations
• Thoughtful personal development programme with wide enrichment opportunities
• Well-considered early years provision builds routines and gross motor skills
• Effective leadership and governance, with strong trust support and staff training
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• Handwriting and letter formation errors are not consistently identified or corrected
• Attendance rates are low, with too many pupils, especially disadvantaged pupils, persistently absent
• Some pupils miss essential learning because of high absence

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 Primary Academy attended 93.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.2% 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, 6.7% of pupils at Grange Primary Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Primary Academy had 16.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 27.3% 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, 35.3% of pupils at Grange Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.9% 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 Primary Academy received £7,463 and spent £7,630 for each of its 223 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £184,000 (£825 per pupil).

Across all 36 schools of Greenshaw Learning Trust, income was £8,062 and spending £7,907 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 Gloucester · Gloucestershire local authority: places and applications

Grange Primary Academy is part of Greenshaw Learning Trust, which runs 39 schools. The nearest others:

• Holmleigh Park High School Gloucester
• Waterwells Primary Academy Gloucester
• Gloucester Academy Gloucester
• Hillside Primary School Gloucester
• Hunts Grove Primary Academy Gloucester
• Widden Primary School Gloucester
• Barnwood Park School Gloucester
• Henley Bank High School Gloucester
• Five Acres High School Coleford
• Tyndale Primary School Yate

What is Grange Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Grange Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in July 2025.

When was Grange Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Grange Primary Academy was last inspected in July 2025.

How many pupils does Grange Primary Academy have?

Grange Primary Academy has 215 pupils on roll.

What age range does Grange Primary Academy cover?

Grange Primary Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 34% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Grange Primary Academy?

Grange Primary Academy is at Holmleigh Road, Tuffley, Grange Primary School, Gloucestershire, GL4 0RW.