Grange Primary School

Grange Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a good grade in overall effectiveness, quality of education, leadership and management, and early years provision. The school excels particularly in behavior and attitudes, where it received an outstanding rating. The school's vision of ‘achievement through caring’ fosters a supportive environment where pupils thrive and feel safe. The involvement of the Marches Academy Trust has positively influenced staff development and the quality of education. However, there have been historical achievement gaps at the end of key stage 2, which the school is working to address through improved training for teachers. Pupils enjoy a rich educational experience, benefiting from a comprehensive personal development program that includes various extracurricular activities and responsibilities. The school prioritizes reading, with effective programs in place from early years onward, helping pupils to become confident and fluent readers. While the leadership team is committed to improving curriculum planning and implementation, the relative inexperience of subject leaders has led to some inconsistencies in teaching and pupil progress that still need to be addressed.

Strengths

• Excellent pastoral care leading to a family-like environment.
• High aspirations for pupil achievement and behavior.
• Outstanding behavior and attitudes of pupils.
• Strong emphasis on reading with effective early years programs.
• Wide range of extracurricular activities enhancing personal development.
• Staff feel valued and respected, contributing to a positive work environment.

Areas for Improvement

• Inexperience of subject leaders impacting curriculum implementation.
• Variability in teachers' subject knowledge limiting some pupils' progress.

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 School attended 91.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 27.6% 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, 5.4% of pupils at Grange 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 Primary School had 19.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 22.2% 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, 17.1% of pupils at Grange Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.1% 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 School received £8,849 and spent £8,923 for each of its 152 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £124,000 (£821 per pupil).

Across all 14 schools of Marches Academy Trust, income was £8,021 and spending £7,895 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 Shrewsbury · Shropshire local authority: places and applications

Grange Primary School is part of Marches Academy Trust, which runs 18 schools. The nearest others:

• Shrewsbury Academy Shrewsbury
• Oakmeadow Church of England Primary and Nursery School Shrewsbury
• Woodlands School Shrewsbury
• St Andrew's Church of England Primary School and Nursery Shrewsbury
• Weston Lullingfields Church of England Primary School and Nursery Shrewsbury
• Cockshutt CofE Primary School and Nursery Ellesmere
• Kinnerley Church of England Primary School and Nursery Oswestry
• West Felton Church of England Primary School and Nursery Oswestry
• Lower Heath CofE Primary School Whitchurch
• Tilstock CofE Primary and Nursery Whitchurch

What is Grange Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Grange Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Grange Primary School was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Grange Primary School have?

Grange Primary School has 164 pupils on roll.

What age range does Grange Primary School cover?

Grange Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 19% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Grange Primary School?

Grange Primary School is at Bainbridge Green, Harlescott, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 3QR.