Grange Moor Primary School
Liley Lane, Grange Moor, Wakefield, WF4 4EW
This school is closed (it closed in May 2026).
It was replaced by Grange Moor Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Donna Barker
- Constituency
- Dewsbury and Batley
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 105
- Pupils on roll
- 63
- URN
- 107664
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Website
- School website
About this school
Grange Moor Primary School was a community primary school in Wakefield. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 63 pupils on roll.
Ofsted inspected it; its last report is linked below.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 16 | 8 | 6 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 38% | 38% | 33% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 63% | 75% | 33% |
| Expected standard in maths | 44% | 50% | 50% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 31% | 63% | 33% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 104.0 | 97.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 99.0 | 95.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.30 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Grange Moor Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Kirklees average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 38% | 56.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 38% | 57.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 33% | 58.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 88 |
| 2023/24 | 78 |
| 2024/25 | 64 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Grange Moor Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 8% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 27% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 33% | 6.8% | 6.3% | 63 | — |
| Grange Moor Primary School | — | — | — | — | 0.0 miles |
| Flockton CofE (C) First School | — | 4.4% | 37.5% | 80 | 1.4 miles |
| Rowley Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School | 81% | 4.2% | 11.3% | 422 | 1.9 miles |
| Lepton CofE Primary Academy | 78% | 3.6% | 21.5% | 167 | 2.0 miles |
| Overthorpe CofE Academy | 53% | 5.9% | 50% | 188 | 2.1 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 6.25%
- English as an additional language
- 3.1%
- Overall absence
- 6.81%
- Persistent absence
- 14.52%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Grange Moor Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Wakefield
-
Flockton CofE (C) First School1.4 miles
Primary · Wakefield
-
Rowley Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School1.9 miles
Primary · Huddersfield
-
Lepton CofE Primary Academy2.0 miles
Primary · Huddersfield
-
Overthorpe CofE Academy2.1 miles
Primary · Dewsbury
Other schools in Wakefield
- Alverthorpe St Paul's CofE (VA) School 3-11yrs Primary
- Blackgates Primary Academy Primary
- Carlton Primary School Primary
- Crigglestone Dane Royd Junior and Infant School Primary
- Crigglestone Mackie Hill Junior and Infant School Primary
- Crigglestone St James CofE Primary Academy Primary
- Crofton Infant School Primary
- Crofton Junior School Primary
- East Ardsley Primary Academy Primary
- English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Primary
- Flockton CofE (C) First School Primary
- Grange Moor Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Grange Moor Primary School teach?
- Grange Moor Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Wakefield.
- Has Grange Moor Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Grange Moor Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Grange Moor Primary School?
- Grange Moor Primary School had 63 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Grange Moor Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 38% in 2022/23 and 33% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Grange Moor Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Grange Moor Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.