Grange Primary School

About Grange Primary School

Grange Primary School in Harrow has been rated Good across the board in its most recent Ofsted inspection, a clear improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating in 2019. The school’s overall effectiveness, quality of education, personal development, behaviour and attitudes, leadership and management, and early years provision all now sit at Good. On the most telling exam metric for a primary school, 61% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined at Key Stage 2 in the 2023/24 academic year. That figure is below the Harrow local authority average of 72%, placing Grange 34th out of 38 primary schools in the borough. Nationally, the school sits in the bottom half of all primaries, at the 56th percentile. The data suggests a school that has stabilised its leadership and provision but still has ground to make up on academic outcomes compared with its immediate neighbours.

Digging into the individual subject scores, the picture is mixed. In maths, 80% of pupils reached the expected standard and the average scaled score was 104, which is solid. Reading saw 69% at the expected level with an average score of 103, while writing came in at 74% expected. Where the school really struggles is at the higher standard: only 5% of pupils achieved greater depth in reading, writing and maths combined, and just 7% did so in writing. Maths fared better with 30% at the higher level, and reading with 22%. Progress scores are not available in the data, so it is hard to say whether pupils are improving at a typical rate once they arrive. The school’s ranking score of 61 places it in the bottom 50 tier nationally, and it sits 33rd out of 41 primaries in Harrow when ranked by the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in all three subjects.

Grange is a three-to-11 mixed state primary with nursery provision and a current roll of 446 pupils against a capacity of 476. It is oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 intake, there were 135 applications for 56 places, with 37 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.41. The school serves a relatively disadvantaged catchment, with 29.2% of pupils eligible for free school meals. Facilities include a library, playing fields, outdoor playground, art studios, music rooms, sports hall and even a chapel. Sports on offer include swimming, athletics, cricket, football and cross country, while clubs range from chess and choir to film club and coding. SEND provision is broad, covering dyslexia, social emotional and mental health needs, speech language and communication difficulties, autistic spectrum disorder, and a resourced provision. For families who prioritise a Good-rated school with strong pastoral and SEND support over top-tier academic results, Grange is a realistic and popular local option.

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