Grange Primary School
Station Road, Long Eaton, Nottingham, NG10 2DU
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Zoe Buxton
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Erewash
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 383
- Pupils on roll
- 432
- URN
- 112584
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01159734956
About this school
Grange Primary School is a community primary school in Nottingham. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 432 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 52 | 54 | 54 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 63% | 56% | 52% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 0% | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 73% | 67% | 61% |
| Expected standard in maths | 73% | 69% | 69% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 85% | 65% | 67% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 104.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.10 | - | - |
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 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 | Derbyshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 63% | 58.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 56% | 56.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 52% | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 432 |
| 2023/24 | 433 |
| 2024/25 | 431 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Grange Primary School compares
Grange Primary School ranked 172nd of 246 primary schools in Derbyshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 52% | 6.3% | 36% | 432 | — |
| Toton Banks Road Infant and Nursery School | — | 4.1% | 5.9% | 153 | 0.6 miles |
| Chetwynd Spencer Academy | 85% | 3% | 3.4% | 418 | 0.7 miles |
| Brooklands Primary School | 67% | 5.7% | 49% | 365 | 0.7 miles |
| St Laurence CofE Primary School | 60% | 6.1% | 38% | 171 | 0.8 miles |
| Bispham Spencer Academy | — | — | — | 210 | 0.9 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 36.02%
- English as an additional language
- 7%
- Overall absence
- 6.26%
- Persistent absence
- 13.73%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Toton Banks Road Infant and Nursery School0.6 miles
Primary · Nottingham
-
Chetwynd Spencer Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Nottingham
-
Brooklands Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Nottingham
-
St Laurence CofE Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Nottingham
-
Bispham Spencer Academy0.9 miles
Primary · Nottingham
Other schools in Nottingham
Grange Primary School ranks 164th of the 189 ranked primary schools in Nottingham.
- Abbey Gates Primary School Primary
- Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery Primary
- Abbey Road Primary School Primary
- Albany Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Albany Junior School Primary
- Aldercar Infant School Primary
- Alderman Pounder Infant and Nursery School Primary
- All Hallows CofE Primary School Primary
- Ambleside Primary School Primary
- Annesley Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Archbishop Cranmer Church of England Academy Primary
- Arnbrook Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Grange Primary School teach?
- Grange Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Nottingham.
- Who is the headteacher of Grange Primary School?
- The headteacher of Grange Primary School is Mrs Zoe Buxton, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Grange Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Grange 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 Primary School?
- Grange Primary School has 432 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Grange Primary School full?
- Grange Primary School has capacity for 383 pupils and 432 on roll (113%), so it is at or above 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 Primary School a faith school?
- No. Grange Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Grange Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Grange Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Grange Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 63% in 2022/23 and 52% 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 Primary School rank locally?
- Grange Primary School ranked 172nd of 246 primary schools in Derbyshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% 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 Primary School's absence rate?
- Grange Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Grange Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Grange 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.