Grange Park School
Borough Green Road, Wrotham, Sevenoaks, TN15 7RD
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Foundation special school
- Ages
- 9 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Renukah Atwell
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Tonbridge
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Pupils on roll
- 174
- URN
- 119051
- Local authority
- Kent
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01732882111
About this school
Grange Park School is a foundation special school in Sevenoaks. It teaches children aged 9 to 19 and has 174 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
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
- 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 | 7 | 10 | 15 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 57% | 40% | 73% |
| Expected standard in maths | 29% | 0% | 60% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 14% | 10% | 47% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 98.0 | 95.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 95.0 | 93.0 | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -7.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -6.50 | - | - |
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.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 13 | 16 | 24 |
| Attainment 8 score | 22.5 | 27.6 | 30.4 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.14 -0.98 to +0.70 | -0.94 -1.71 to -0.17 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 18.8% | 20.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 8% | 25% | 37.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Grange Park 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 | Kent average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 60.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 27% | 60.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | Kent average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 22.5 | 37.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 27.6 | 37.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 30.4 | 37.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 13.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 12.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 175 |
| 2023/24 | 185 |
| 2024/25 | 179 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 37.8%
- English as an additional language
- 2.2%
- Overall absence
- 12.5%
- Persistent absence
- 36.17%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Birtley House Independent School3.7 miles
Special schools · Sevenoaks
-
Sevenoaks Preparatory School4.2 miles
Independent schools · Sevenoaks
-
The Rosewood School4.2 miles
Local authority maintained schools · West Malling
-
St Michael's Prep School4.3 miles
Independent schools · Otford
-
White Rocks Farm4.4 miles
Other types · Sevenoaks
Other schools in Sevenoaks
- Birtley House Independent School Special schools
- Laurel House School Special schools
- White Rocks Farm Other types
- Amherst School Primary
- Borough Green Primary School Primary
- Chevening, St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Dunton Green Primary School Primary
- Halstead Community Primary School Primary
- Ide Hill Church of England Primary School Primary
- Ightham Primary School Primary
- Kemsing Primary School Primary
- Lady Boswell's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Sevenoaks Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Grange Park School teach?
- Grange Park School teaches children aged 9 to 19. It is a special school in Sevenoaks.
- Who is the headteacher of Grange Park School?
- The headteacher of Grange Park School is Miss Renukah Atwell, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Grange Park School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Grange Park 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 School?
- Grange Park School has 174 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 9 to 19.
- Is Grange Park School a faith school?
- No. Grange Park School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Grange Park School have?
- The schools register lists Grange Park School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Grange Park School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 27% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Grange Park School's absence rate?
- Grange Park School's overall absence rate is 12.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Grange Park School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Grange Park 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.