Grange Community Primary School
Grange Road, Felixstowe, IP11 2LA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- ORWELL MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Gemma Havord
- Sponsor
- Orwell Multi Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 160
- URN
- 146532
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01394283912
About this school
Grange Community Primary School is a primary academy in Felixstowe. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 160 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected 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. 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 | 24 | 29 | 23 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 50% | 52% | 57% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 3% | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 58% | 59% | 65% |
| Expected standard in maths | 63% | 59% | 74% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 33% | 66% | 65% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 101.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 101.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +3.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.50 | - | - |
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 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 | Suffolk average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 50% | 54.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 52% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 57% | 57.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 172 |
| 2023/24 | 171 |
| 2024/25 | 159 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Grange Community Primary School compares
Grange Community Primary School ranked 135th of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 34% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 57% | 7.1% | 28.3% | 160 | — |
| Felix Primary School | 32% | 8.4% | 40% | 201 | 0.6 miles |
| Langer Primary Academy | 35% | 7.9% | 45.9% | 144 | 0.8 miles |
| Fairfield Infant School | — | — | — | 294 | 1.0 miles |
| Trimley St Mary Primary School | 44% | 5.6% | 22.6% | 389 | 1.1 miles |
| Colneis Junior School | — | — | — | 343 | 1.4 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)
- 28.3%
- English as an additional language
- 9.4%
- Overall absence
- 7.09%
- Persistent absence
- 19.12%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Felix Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Felixstowe
-
Langer Primary Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Felixstowe
-
Fairfield Infant School1.0 miles
Primary · Felixstowe
-
Trimley St Mary Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Felixstowe
-
Colneis Junior School1.4 miles
Primary · Felixstowe
Other schools in Felixstowe
Grange Community Primary School ranks 2nd of the 6 ranked primary schools in Felixstowe.
- Colneis Junior School Primary
- Fairfield Infant School Primary
- Felix Primary School Primary
- Kingsfleet Primary School Primary
- Langer Primary Academy Primary
- Trimley St Martin Primary School Primary
- Trimley St Mary Primary School Primary
- Felixstowe School Secondary
- Felixstowe International College Independent schools
Common questions
- What ages does Grange Community Primary School teach?
- Grange Community Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Felixstowe.
- Who is the headteacher of Grange Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Grange Community Primary School is Mrs Gemma Havord, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Grange Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected 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 Grange Community Primary School?
- Grange Community Primary School has 160 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Grange Community Primary School full?
- Grange Community Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 160 on roll (76%), so it has space against 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 Grange Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Grange Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Grange Community Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Grange Community Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Is Grange Community Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Grange Community Primary School is part of ORWELL MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Grange Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 50% in 2022/23 and 57% 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 Community Primary School compare with other schools in Suffolk?
- Grange Community Primary School ranked 135th of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 34% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% 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 Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Grange Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Grange Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, 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 10 July 2026.