Grange Community Nursery and Primary School

Grange Community Nursery and Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across key areas including the quality of education, behaviour, personal development, leadership, and early years provision. The school, which opened in November 2018 and has not been previously inspected, demonstrates a strong commitment to academic achievement and the well-being of its pupils. Leaders have high expectations and have designed a broad curriculum that takes into account the needs of all students, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Pupils exhibit a positive attitude toward learning and the school environment is characterized by mutual respect.

Strengths

• Strong ethos of mutual respect between staff and pupils
• Leaders have high expectations for academic achievement and behaviour
• Broad and ambitious curriculum tailored to students' needs
• Effective prioritization of reading and phonics education
• High levels of staff morale and teamwork
• Pupils receive strong support for their needs, especially those with SEND

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils do not attend school regularly, hindering their learning
• In a small number of subjects, opportunities for pupils to recap and recall earlier learning are insufficient

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 Nursery and Primary School attended 93.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.8% 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, 2.4% of pupils at Grange Community Nursery and 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 Nursery and Primary School had 19.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 25.6% 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, 40.4% of pupils at Grange Community Nursery and Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 10.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 3 pupils.

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 Nursery and Primary School received £7,640 and spent £7,373 for each of its 202 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £113,000 (£563 per pupil).

Across all 6 schools of Weaver Trust Limited, income was £7,638 and spending £7,605 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 Winsford · Cheshire West and Chester local authority: places and applications

Grange Community Nursery and Primary School is part of Weaver Trust Limited, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

• Leftwich Community Primary School Northwich
• Barnton Community Nursery and Primary School Northwich
• Comberbach Nursery and Primary School Northwich
• Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School Runcorn
• Westminster Community Primary School Ellesmere Port

What is Grange Community Nursery and Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Grange Community Nursery and Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Grange Community Nursery and Primary School was last inspected in June 2023.

How many pupils does Grange Community Nursery and Primary School have?

Grange Community Nursery and Primary School has 218 pupils on roll.

What age range does Grange Community Nursery and Primary School cover?

Grange Community Nursery and Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Grange Community Nursery and Primary School?

Grange Community Nursery and Primary School is at Brindley Avenue, Grange Community Nursery and Primary School, Winsford, Cheshire, CW7 2EG.