The Grange Community Primary School
Avocet Way, Banbury, OX16 9YA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Beverley Boswell
- Constituency
- Banbury
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 315
- Pupils on roll
- 310
- URN
- 122997
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01295257861
About this school
The Grange Community Primary School is a community primary school in Banbury. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 310 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected The Grange Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 1 March 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
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 | 40 | 44 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 81% | 80% | 89% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 8% | 15% | 16% |
| Expected standard in reading | 94% | 90% | 93% |
| Expected standard in maths | 94% | 93% | 93% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 94% | 95% | 84% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 112.0 | 111.0 | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 109.0 | 109.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.20 | - | - |
| 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 The Grange Community 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 | Oxfordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 81% | 58.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 80% | 59.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 89% | 60.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 306 |
| 2023/24 | 305 |
| 2024/25 | 314 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Grange Community Primary School compares
The Grange Community Primary School ranked 12th of 228 primary schools in Oxfordshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 97% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 83% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 89% | 4% | 13.7% | 310 | — |
| St John's Catholic Primary School | 43% | 4.4% | 9.7% | 216 | 0.1 miles |
| Bishop Loveday Church of England Primary School | 51% | 5.1% | 15.7% | 425 | 0.6 miles |
| Harriers Banbury Academy | 60% | 5.2% | 22.5% | 408 | 0.6 miles |
| Longford Park Primary School | 65% | 4.2% | 15.4% | 314 | 0.8 miles |
| Queensway School | 74% | 6.5% | 24% | 398 | 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 13.69%
- English as an additional language
- 15.9%
- Overall absence
- 4%
- Persistent absence
- 5.13%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St John's Catholic Primary School0.1 miles
Primary · Banbury
-
Bishop Loveday Church of England Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Banbury
-
Harriers Banbury Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Banbury
-
Longford Park Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Banbury
-
Queensway School0.9 miles
Primary · Banbury
Other schools in Banbury
The Grange Community Primary School ranks 2nd of the 32 ranked primary schools in Banbury.
- Bishop Carpenter Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bishop Loveday Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bloxham Church of England Primary School Primary
- Brailes Church of England Primary School Primary
- Chacombe CEVA Primary Academy Primary
- Cherry Fields Primary School Primary
- Chipping Warden Primary Academy Primary
- Christopher Rawlins Church of England Primary School Primary
- Cropredy Church of England Primary School Primary
- Culworth Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- Dashwood Banbury Academy Primary
- Deddington Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does The Grange Community Primary School teach?
- The Grange Community Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Banbury.
- Who is the headteacher of The Grange Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of The Grange Community Primary School is Ms Beverley Boswell, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has The Grange Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Grange Community 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 The Grange Community Primary School?
- The Grange Community Primary School has 310 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is The Grange Community Primary School full?
- The Grange Community Primary School has capacity for 315 pupils and 310 on roll (98%), 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 The Grange Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. The Grange Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does The Grange Community Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records The Grange Community Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have The Grange Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 81% in 2022/23 and 89% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Grange Community Primary School compare with other schools in Oxfordshire?
- The Grange Community Primary School ranked 12th of 228 primary schools in Oxfordshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 97% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 83% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Grange Community Primary School's absence rate?
- The Grange Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Grange Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Grange Community 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 30 June 2026.