Grange Park Primary School
Swan Street, Sunderland, SR5 1EA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Danielle Conneely
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Sunderland Central
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 249
- Pupils on roll
- 208
- URN
- 108765
- Local authority
- Sunderland
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01915490707
About this school
Grange Park Primary School is a community primary school in Sunderland. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 208 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- 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 | 31 | 29 | 31 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 68% | 55% | 39% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 13% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 74% | 66% | 68% |
| Expected standard in maths | 81% | 66% | 65% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 74% | 59% | 71% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 101.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 103.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.10 | - | - |
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 Park 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 | Sunderland average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 68% | 60.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 55% | 63.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 39% | 63% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 241 |
| 2023/24 | 242 |
| 2024/25 | 225 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Grange Park Primary School compares
Grange Park Primary School ranked 70th of 75 primary schools in Sunderland for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 11% 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 | 39% | 6.9% | 48.5% | 208 | — |
| Redby Academy | 70% | 4.5% | 14.3% | 259 | 0.4 miles |
| St Benet's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School | 78% | 4.4% | 8% | 303 | 0.5 miles |
| Southwick Community Primary School | 51% | 8.5% | 66.2% | 345 | 0.5 miles |
| Dame Dorothy Primary School | — | — | — | 181 | 0.7 miles |
| Fulwell Junior School | 78% | 4% | 10% | 350 | 1.0 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)
- 48.48%
- English as an additional language
- 10.2%
- Overall absence
- 6.86%
- Persistent absence
- 21.74%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Redby Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Sunderland
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St Benet's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Sunderland
-
Southwick Community Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Southwick
-
Dame Dorothy Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Sunderland
-
Fulwell Junior School1.0 miles
Primary · Sunderland
Other schools in Sunderland
Grange Park Primary School ranks 42nd of the 43 ranked primary schools in Sunderland.
- Barnes Infant Academy Primary
- Barnes Junior School Primary
- Benedict Biscop Church of England Academy Primary
- Bexhill Academy Primary
- Broadway Junior School Primary
- Castletown Primary School Primary
- Cleadon Church of England Academy Primary
- Dame Dorothy Primary School Primary
- Diamond Hall Infant Academy Primary
- Diamond Hall Junior Academy Primary
- East Herrington Primary Academy Primary
- English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School, Sunderland Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Grange Park Primary School teach?
- Grange Park Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Sunderland.
- Who is the headteacher of Grange Park Primary School?
- The headteacher of Grange Park Primary School is Mrs Danielle Conneely, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Grange Park Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Grange Park 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 big is Grange Park Primary School?
- Grange Park Primary School has 208 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Grange Park Primary School full?
- Grange Park Primary School has capacity for 249 pupils and 208 on roll (84%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Grange Park Primary School a faith school?
- No. Grange Park Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Grange Park Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Grange Park Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Grange Park Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 68% in 2022/23 and 39% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Grange Park Primary School rank locally?
- Grange Park Primary School ranked 70th of 75 primary schools in Sunderland for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 11% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 27% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Grange Park Primary School's absence rate?
- Grange Park Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Grange Park Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Grange Park 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.