Grange Community Primary School

Grange Community Primary School has made significant progress since becoming a sponsored academy in November 2018. The school provides a vibrant learning environment where pupils are eager to participate and understand that hard work leads to success. With a strong focus on the curriculum and the needs of pupils, leaders have effectively raised academic standards despite the challenges posed by the pandemic. Overall, the school's performance is good across key areas such as education quality, behaviour, personal development, and management. Parents express confidence in the care and educational support provided for their children.

Strengths

• Pupils are enthusiastic and enjoy learning at school.
• The school has implemented an ambitious curriculum with high expectations.
• Effective training programs support staff in delivering the curriculum.
• Pupils with SEND receive appropriate support to learn alongside their peers.
• Strong focus on personal development and emotional well-being.

Areas for Improvement

• Some less-experienced staff struggle with curriculum adaptation.
• Pupils occasionally lack effective communication skills.

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 Community Primary School attended 92.9% 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, 5.0% of pupils at 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 Grange Community Primary School had 17.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 27.8% 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, 24.4% of pupils at Grange Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.0% 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 Community Primary School received £7,525 and spent £7,251 for each of its 160 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £149,000 (£929 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Orwell Multi Academy Trust, income was £6,821 and spending £6,575 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 Felixstowe · Suffolk local authority: places and applications

Grange Community Primary School is part of Orwell Multi Academy Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• Halifax Primary School Ipswich
• The Willows Primary School Ipswich
• Handford Hall Primary School Ipswich
• Springfield Infant School and Nursery Ipswich
• Brooklands Primary School Nr Manningtree
• Grace Cook Primary School Stowmarket

What is Grange Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Grange Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Grange Community Primary School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Grange Community Primary School have?

Grange Community Primary School has 160 pupils on roll.

What age range does Grange Community Primary School cover?

Grange Community Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Grange Community Primary School?

Grange Community Primary School is at Grange Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 2LA.