Grange Community Junior School
Wren Way, Prospect Estate, Farnborough, GU14 8TA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Paola Burgess
- Constituency
- Aldershot
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 238
- URN
- 116147
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01252542196
About this school
Grange Community Junior School is a community primary school in Farnborough. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 238 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
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
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- 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 | 58 | 60 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 52% | 70% | 72% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 9% | 5% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 66% | 80% | 85% |
| Expected standard in maths | 72% | 80% | 87% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 66% | 78% | 85% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 104.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.70 | - | - |
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 Community Junior 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 | Hampshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 52% | 58.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 70% | 58.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 72% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 240 |
| 2023/24 | 235 |
| 2024/25 | 235 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Grange Community Junior School compares
Grange Community Junior School ranked 76th of 303 primary schools in Hampshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 71% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 81% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 72% | 4.1% | 32.8% | 238 | — |
| Farnborough Grange Nursery & Infant Community School | — | 7.7% | 26.7% | 205 | 0.3 miles |
| Cherrywood Community Primary School | 44% | 7% | 39.8% | 186 | 0.4 miles |
| The Ferns Primary Academy | 55% | 7.7% | 40% | 87 | 0.5 miles |
| Manor Junior School | 52% | 5.7% | 37.6% | 286 | 0.5 miles |
| Manor Infant School | — | 5.5% | 17.5% | 161 | 0.5 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)
- 32.77%
- English as an additional language
- 45.5%
- Overall absence
- 4.14%
- Persistent absence
- 9.92%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Farnborough Grange Nursery & Infant Community School0.3 miles
Primary · Farnborough
-
Cherrywood Community Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Farnborough
-
The Ferns Primary Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Farnborough
-
Manor Junior School0.5 miles
Primary · Farnborough
-
Manor Infant School0.5 miles
Primary · Farnborough
Other schools in Farnborough
Grange Community Junior School ranks 2nd of the 11 ranked primary schools in Farnborough.
- Cherrywood Community Primary School Primary
- Cove Infant School Primary
- Cove Junior School Primary
- Farnborough Grange Nursery & Infant Community School Primary
- Guillemont Junior School Primary
- Manor Infant School Primary
- Manor Junior School Primary
- North Farnborough Infant School Primary
- Parsonage Farm Nursery and Infant School Primary
- Pinewood Infant School Primary
- South Farnborough Infant School Primary
- South Farnborough Junior School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Grange Community Junior School teach?
- Grange Community Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Farnborough.
- Who is the headteacher of Grange Community Junior School?
- The headteacher of Grange Community Junior School is Ms Paola Burgess, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Grange Community Junior School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Grange Community Junior 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 Community Junior School?
- Grange Community Junior School has 238 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Grange Community Junior School full?
- Grange Community Junior School has capacity for 240 pupils and 238 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Grange Community Junior School a faith school?
- No. Grange Community Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Grange Community Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Grange Community Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Grange Community Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 52% in 2022/23 and 72% 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 Community Junior School rank locally?
- Grange Community Junior School ranked 76th of 303 primary schools in Hampshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 71% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 81% 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 Community Junior School's absence rate?
- Grange Community Junior School's overall absence rate is 4.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Grange Community Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Grange Community Junior 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 30 June 2026.