Farnborough Grange Nursery & Infant Community School
Moor Road, Farnborough, GU14 8HW
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE GOOD SHEPHERD TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Olivia Dempsey
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- The Good Shepherd Trust
- Constituency
- Aldershot
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 180
- Pupils on roll
- 205
- URN
- 144899
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01252541879
About this school
Farnborough Grange Nursery & Infant Community School is a primary academy in Farnborough. It teaches children aged 2 to 7 and has 205 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
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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Farnborough Grange Nursery & Infant Community 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 223 |
| 2023/24 | 234 |
| 2024/25 | 214 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Farnborough Grange Nursery & Infant Community School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 19% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7.7% | 26.7% | 205 | — |
| Grange Community Junior School | 72% | 4.1% | 32.8% | 238 | 0.3 miles |
| The Ferns Primary Academy | 55% | 7.7% | 40% | 87 | 0.3 miles |
| Cherrywood Community Primary School | 44% | 7% | 39.8% | 186 | 0.6 miles |
| Manor Junior School | 52% | 5.7% | 37.6% | 286 | 0.8 miles |
| Manor Infant School | — | 5.5% | 17.5% | 161 | 0.8 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 26.67%
- English as an additional language
- 55.6%
- Overall absence
- 7.69%
- Persistent absence
- 22.05%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Grange Community Junior School0.3 miles
Primary · Farnborough
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The Ferns Primary Academy0.3 miles
Primary · Farnborough
-
Cherrywood Community Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Farnborough
-
Manor Junior School0.8 miles
Primary · Farnborough
-
Manor Infant School0.8 miles
Primary · Farnborough
Other schools in Farnborough
- Cherrywood Community Primary School Primary
- Cove Infant School Primary
- Cove Junior School Primary
- Grange Community Junior 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 Farnborough Grange Nursery & Infant Community School teach?
- Farnborough Grange Nursery & Infant Community School teaches children aged 2 to 7. It is a primary school in Farnborough.
- Who is the headteacher of Farnborough Grange Nursery & Infant Community School?
- The headteacher of Farnborough Grange Nursery & Infant Community School is Miss Olivia Dempsey, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Farnborough Grange Nursery & Infant Community School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Farnborough Grange Nursery & Infant Community 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 Farnborough Grange Nursery & Infant Community School?
- Farnborough Grange Nursery & Infant Community School has 205 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 7.
- Is Farnborough Grange Nursery & Infant Community School full?
- Farnborough Grange Nursery & Infant Community School has capacity for 180 pupils and 205 on roll (114%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Farnborough Grange Nursery & Infant Community School a faith school?
- No. Farnborough Grange Nursery & Infant Community School has no designated religious character.
- Does Farnborough Grange Nursery & Infant Community School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Farnborough Grange Nursery & Infant Community School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Farnborough Grange Nursery & Infant Community School?
- Farnborough Grange Nursery & Infant Community School is part of THE GOOD SHEPHERD TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What is Farnborough Grange Nursery & Infant Community School's absence rate?
- Farnborough Grange Nursery & Infant Community School's overall absence rate is 7.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Farnborough Grange Nursery & Infant Community School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Farnborough Grange Nursery & Infant Community School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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 10 July 2026.