Grange Moor Primary School

About Grange Moor Primary School

Parents at Grange Moor Primary School are overwhelmingly positive about their experience, with 92% of respondents to the most recent Parent View survey saying they would recommend the school to other families. The survey, which ran from September 2024 to September 2025 and collected 12 responses, showed particularly strong feelings around safety and happiness: 83% strongly agreed that their child feels safe, and 67% strongly agreed their child is happy. The school is clearly popular locally too — for the 2025/26 intake it received 19 applications for just 10 places, an oversubscription ratio of 1.9, with 7 first-preference families all receiving offers. Parents also felt well-informed, with 67% strongly agreeing the school lets them know how their child is doing and makes them aware of what they will learn. The only area where a small minority expressed concern was around how concerns are dealt with, where 8% disagreed and 8% said they didn't know, though 58% still strongly agreed.

Academically, Grange Moor's most recent Key Stage 2 results from 2023/24 paint a mixed picture. The school's combined reading, writing and maths expected standard attainment was 38%, well below the Kirklees local authority average of 60%. This places the school 86th out of 94 primary schools in the area, and in the bottom 50% nationally. However, the picture varies by subject: 75% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, with 25% achieving a higher standard, while in maths 50% met the expected level and 13% reached the higher standard. Writing was weaker, with 63% at expected and none at the higher level. The school's average reading score was 104 and maths 99. It's worth noting that the school's most recent graded Ofsted inspection in November 2024 judged it Good across all areas — a significant improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating in May 2022, with leadership and management, quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, and personal development all now rated Good.

Grange Moor is a small primary school with just 64 pupils against a capacity of 105, meaning plenty of space for children to be known individually. The school offers a Forest School, sensory room, music rooms, art studios, an ICT suite and a sports hall, plus a chapel on site. Sports provision includes football, cricket, swimming, athletics and tennis, and there are clubs for chess, eco activities and choir. The school's SEND provisions cover moderate learning difficulty, social emotional and mental health needs, speech language and communication, multi-sensory impairment and autistic spectrum disorder — though the Parent View data on SEND support had no responses, so it's hard to gauge parent satisfaction in that area. With only 6.3% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a relatively less deprived intake than many in the area. This is a school that suits families who value a close-knit, improving environment and are comfortable with academic results that are below the local average, but who appreciate the strong safety and happiness signals from current parents.

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