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Grange Community Nursery and Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Brindley Avenue, Winsford CW7 2EG · grange-pri.cheshire.sch.uk · 01606 800390
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Apr 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 63%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Cheshire West and Chester 61%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Cheshire West and Chester Council
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 218
- 8 over 210 places · 104%
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 50%
- First language not English
- 5.5%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Weaver Trust Limited
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Cheshire West and Chester Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 36 families put the school first and 29 places were offered; 81% 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 | 29 | 36 | 1.2▲ | 81% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 8 | 7 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 63% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% the higher standard. Across Cheshire West and Chester it was 61%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ●63% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 111048)
Ofsted
Grange Community Nursery and Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 25 April 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 25 Apr 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Oct 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 111048), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Oct 2017Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Inadequate Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 111048)
Feb 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 111048)
What parents said
85% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (13 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 85%
- Replies
- 13
- 9% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 69% who raised concerns
based on the 23% who had a child bullied