Grange First School
Primary · Newcastle-upon-Tyne · NE3 2NP
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 24 November 2021
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333 pupils · 95% of 352 capacity
- School type
- Foundation school
- Age range
- 3–9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 17.5% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 12.5% of pupils
- SEN support
- 21.2% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 5.6% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 108444
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.87 first-choice applications per place60 places offered · 52 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
89% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 11% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 23 November 2021: School remains Good
- 6 December 2016: Yes - improving (good)
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.