Grange Primary School

About Grange Primary School

Grange Primary School in Newham is a state primary for children aged 2 to 11, and it currently operates slightly below its capacity of 210, with 195 pupils on roll. The school serves a community with a notably high proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals, at 32.9 per cent, which is well above the national average and reflects the local demographic context. Demand for places is strong: for the 2025/26 academic year, the school received 60 applications for just 18 places, making it oversubscribed with a ratio of over three applicants per place. Of those, 16 were first-preference applications, and 16 first-preference offers were made, indicating that nearly all families who put Grange first were successful. This level of competition suggests the school holds a solid reputation among local parents, despite not being among the highest-ranked primaries in the borough.

Academically, Grange Primary achieves mixed outcomes at Key Stage 2. In the 2023/24 results, 60 per cent of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which is below the Newham local authority average of 74 per cent. The school ranks 54th out of 61 primaries in the borough on this measure, placing it in the bottom half locally and around the 58th percentile nationally. However, individual subject scores tell a more nuanced story: average scaled scores in both reading and maths sit at 107, which is slightly above the national benchmark of 100. The proportion of pupils reaching the higher standard in writing is a relative strength at 40 per cent, compared with 13 per cent in reading and 27 per cent in maths. In its most recent Ofsted inspection in December 2022, the school was rated Good across all categories, including behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and early years provision, maintaining the same overall rating it received in 2013.

The school offers a range of facilities including playing fields, an art studio, a sensory room, an outdoor playground, an ICT suite, music rooms and a chapel. Sports provision includes swimming, dance, cricket and tennis, while clubs cover book club, coding and drama. Grange has a nursery provision for younger children and provides targeted support for pupils with specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, speech and language needs, visual impairments and autistic spectrum disorder. For families considering alternatives, the nearest Outstanding-rated primary is St Helen's Catholic Primary School, just 0.2 kilometres away. Grange is best suited to families who value a Good-rated, inclusive local school with strong demand and a broad range of facilities, and who are comfortable with its below-average KS2 combined results compared with other Newham primaries.

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