Grangewood School
Ballinger Way, Northolt, UB5 6GG
This school is closed (it closed in December 2025).
It was replaced by Grand Union Village School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Liz Edwards
- Religious ethos
- None
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Hayes and Harlington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 141
- Pupils on roll
- 136
- URN
- 138157
- Local authority
- Hillingdon
About this school
Grangewood School was a special academy in Northolt. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 136 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Grangewood School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in June 2012, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 13 | 19 | 16 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -9.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -8.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -9.50 | - | - |
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.
Trends over time
How Grangewood 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 | Hillingdon average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 60.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 60.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 63.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 17.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 14.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 12.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 131 |
| 2023/24 | 138 |
| 2024/25 | 136 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 35.82%
- English as an additional language
- 39.7%
- Overall absence
- 12.14%
- Persistent absence
- 37.1%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Grand Union Village School0.0 miles
Free Schools · Northolt
-
The Willows School0.3 miles
Academies · Hayes
-
Belvue School1.1 miles
Special schools · Northolt
-
John Chilton School1.1 miles
Special schools · Northolt
-
Ayesha Siddiqa Girls School1.4 miles
Independent schools · Southall
Other schools in Northolt
- Belvue School Special schools
- Grand Union Village School Free Schools
- John Chilton School Special schools
- Downe Manor Primary School Primary
- Gifford Primary School Primary
- Greenwood Primary School Primary
- Petts Hill Primary School Primary
- St Raphael's Catholic Primary School Primary
- Viking Primary School Primary
- Willow Tree Primary School Primary
- Wood End Primary School Primary
- Islip Manor High School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Grangewood School teach?
- Grangewood School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a special school in Northolt.
- Has Grangewood School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Grangewood School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Grangewood School?
- Grangewood School had 136 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Grangewood 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 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Grangewood School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Grangewood 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 31 December 2025.