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Grange Community Junior School

Primary · Farnborough · GU14 8TA

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 1 April 2025

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At a glance

238 pupils · 99% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
7–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
27.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
45.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
23% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.grange.hants.sch.uk
URN
116147

In figures

At its inspection on 1 April 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 3

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.59 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

60 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
72%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school72%
Median of its 12 closest peers54%
Hampshire average63.6%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Watton Junior SchoolThetford · 110 miles awayRequires improvement31%
Beaumont Lodge Primary SchoolLeicester · 96 miles awayGood79%
St Andrew's Benn CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary SchoolRugby · 77 miles awayNeeds attention49%
Co-op Academy BroadhurstManchester · 163 miles awayGood62%
Riverside AcademyRugby · 77 miles awayOutstanding77%
St Christopher's Church of England School, CowleyOxford · 35 miles awayGood53%
Eleanor Palmer Primary SchoolLondon · 32 miles awayOutstanding93%
Greenfields Primary SchoolWatford · 27 miles awayExpected standard67%
St Francis Church of England Primary SchoolOxford · 35 miles awayGood55%
Holy Trinity CofE (C) Primary SchoolBurton-upon-Trent · 110 miles awayNo current grade53%
Birchwood Avenue Primary SchoolHatfield · 39 miles awayGood38%
Queen's Church of England AcademyNuneaton · 89 miles awayNeeds attention50%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 42% (Hampshire 79%, England 60%) · Any other Asian background 29% (Hampshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other White background 7% (Hampshire 5%, England 7%) · Black African 6% (Hampshire 2%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 4% (Hampshire 2%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Hampshire 2%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 1% (Hampshire 0%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Hampshire 0%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.43 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Hampshire: 2.99 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
20.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

33.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.6 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £53,743; 25% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,838
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 72% (76%) · premises 8% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 7% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£50,237; in-year balance -£70,030

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher21.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications22.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work28%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways19.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health46.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier68.1%62.3%
Social housing23.9%17.1%
Privately rented8%20.5%
Detached houses4.3%22.9%
Flats18%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms11.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van13.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01023121 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£350,000346 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£275,000–£420,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (30)£470,000
Semi-detached (132)£414,000
Terraced (124)£315,000
Flat (60)£237,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Year 3 cutoff distance (0.95 km, 2025 entry): 320 sales, median £348,500. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
11an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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