Grange School

Overview

Grange School is described as a "special place" where staff place pupils at the centre of all activities. The report states that the overall effectiveness, quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision are all rated as Good.

Strengths

• Pupils are "happy and get on well together," demonstrating expected behaviours through initiatives like ‘kind koala’ and ‘learning lion’.
• The curriculum is "ambitious, well-sequenced" in most subjects, with effective assessment systems in core areas helping teachers identify knowledge gaps.
• Staff deliver a "highly structured reading curriculum," ensuring even less confident readers receive intensive help to develop fluency.
• Children in Nursery and Reception get off to a "strong start" with a well-thought-out curriculum based on their interests and essential knowledge.
• Parents are "very positive about the school," reinforcing the view that pupils are happy and safe.

Areas to improve

• The school should further develop assessment systems in all subjects to ensure teachers identify gaps in learning and pupils embed key concepts.
• The school should develop teachers’ subject pedagogy across all curriculum areas, as expertise in some non-core subjects is less developed.
• Leaders have identified that pupils need to further develop their technical and creative writing skills, with a new curriculum currently in the early stages.

Safeguarding

The report states that "the arrangements for safeguarding are effective."