Grange Infants' School

Grange Infants’ School has demonstrated a strong performance in its first inspection, achieving a 'Good' overall rating across all evaluated areas. The school fosters a welcoming environment and has established effective routines that promote positive behavior and a love for learning among pupils. Leaders have set high expectations for both staff and students, resulting in a comprehensive curriculum that encourages engagement and development. Parents and carers express confidence in the school's ability to nurture their children, highlighting the supportive relationships between staff and pupils.

Strengths

• Welcoming and friendly school environment.
• High expectations for pupil behavior and learning.
• Effective leadership aligned with the vision of the trust.
• Strong focus on reading and phonics instruction.
• Well-planned and sequenced curriculum in several subjects.
• Positive relationships between staff and pupils.
• Pupils feel safe and supported.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent assessment practices in some curriculum areas.
• Pupil support plans for SEND students lack precision.

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 Infants' School attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.8% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Grange Infants' 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 Infants' School had 19.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 45.2% 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, 6.3% of pupils at Grange Infants' School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.7% 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 Infants' School received £6,724 and spent £7,075 for each of its 184 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £114,000 (£622 per pupil).

Across all 30 schools of The White Horse Federation, income was £7,712 and spending £7,474 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 Swindon · Swindon local authority: places and applications

Grange Infants' School is part of The White Horse Federation, which runs 30 schools. The nearest others:

• Grange Junior School Swindon
• St Luke's Academy Swindon
• Gorse Hill Primary School Swindon
• Nyland School Swindon
• Mountford Manor Primary School Swindon
• Drove Primary School Swindon
• Rodbourne Cheney Primary School Swindon
• Moredon Primary School Swindon
• Haydon Wick Primary School Swindon
• The Croft Primary School Swindon

What is Grange Infants' School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Grange Infants' School is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was Grange Infants' School last inspected by Ofsted?

Grange Infants' School was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Grange Infants' School have?

Grange Infants' School has 174 pupils on roll.

What age range does Grange Infants' School cover?

Grange Infants' School for pupils aged 5 to 7.

Where is Grange Infants' School?

Grange Infants' School is at Delamere Drive, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN3 4XE.