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Grange Lane Infant Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–7 · Academy
Grange Lane, Rossington, Doncaster DN11 0QY · gliacademy.org.uk · 01302 651038
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2023
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 251
- 89% of 282 places
- Local authority
- Doncaster
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 35%
- First language not English
- 7.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 50 families put the school first and 51 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 51 | 50 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 60 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 50 | 47 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 56 | 51 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 53 | 52 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Grange Lane Infant Academy was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 7 March 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Outstanding
- Inspected
- 7 Mar 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, Jul 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jul 2019Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective Jun 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Mar 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (17 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Replies
- 17
- 7% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 82% who raised concerns
based on the 47% who had a child bullied