Grange Primary School
Elder Avenue, Wickford, SS12 0LR
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Maggie Elfenich
- Constituency
- Rayleigh and Wickford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 315
- Pupils on roll
- 311
- URN
- 131579
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01268734420
About this school
Grange Primary School is a community primary school in Wickford. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 311 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
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
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- 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 | 43 | 46 | 44 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 84% | 61% | 59% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 21% | 9% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 91% | 67% | 73% |
| Expected standard in maths | 93% | 80% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 81% | 63% | 80% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 105.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.80 | - | - |
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 | Essex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 84% | 58.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 61% | 59.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 59% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 298 |
| 2023/24 | 307 |
| 2024/25 | 301 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Grange Primary School compares
Grange Primary School ranked 253rd of 388 primary schools in Essex for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 38% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 59% | 4.7% | 16% | 311 | — |
| North Crescent Primary School | 68% | 8.1% | 36.5% | 216 | 0.6 miles |
| Wickford Primary School | 52% | 5.8% | 21.6% | 472 | 0.6 miles |
| Oakfield Primary School | 63% | 4.5% | 10.4% | 391 | 0.8 miles |
| Crays Hill Primary School | 17% | 37.3% | 93.3% | 82 | 1.1 miles |
| The Wickford Church of England School | — | 3.9% | 10.5% | 135 | 1.2 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)
- 15.95%
- English as an additional language
- 4%
- Overall absence
- 4.66%
- Persistent absence
- 10.78%
Location
Nearby schools
-
North Crescent Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Wickford
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Wickford Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Wickford
-
Oakfield Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Wickford
-
Crays Hill Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Billericay
-
The Wickford Church of England School1.2 miles
Primary · Wickford
Other schools in Wickford
Grange Primary School ranks 5th of the 7 ranked primary schools in Wickford.
- Abacus Primary School Primary
- Hilltop Infant School Primary
- Hilltop Junior School Primary
- North Crescent Primary School Primary
- Oakfield Primary School Primary
- Runwell Community Primary School Primary
- St Luke's Park Primary School Primary
- The Wickford Church of England School Primary
- Wickford Primary School Primary
- Beauchamps High School Secondary
- The Bromfords School Secondary
- Castledon School Academies
Common questions
- What year groups does Grange Primary School teach?
- Grange Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Wickford.
- Who is the headteacher of Grange Primary School?
- The headteacher of Grange Primary School is Mrs Maggie Elfenich, 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 311 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Grange Primary School full?
- Grange Primary School has capacity for 315 pupils and 311 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 Primary School a faith school?
- No. Grange Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Grange Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Grange Primary School as having no 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 84% in 2022/23 and 59% 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 253rd of 388 primary schools in Essex for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 38% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 69% 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 4.7% in the latest published census, at or below 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 30 June 2026.