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The Grange Community Infant School

Primary · Community school · Addlestone, KT15 3RL

Requires improvement

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The Grange Community Infant School Ofsted rating

Ofsted report cardInspected 9 Dec 2025

Area360 rating
Requires improvement
Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Needs attention
Early years
Needs attention
Safeguarding
Met

School facts

PhasePrimary
TypeCommunity school
Ages4 to 7
Pupils200
GenderMixed
Head teacherMrs Muneera Smith
Local authoritySurrey
WebsiteVisit

Source: Get Information about Schools, URN 125037.

Pupils

2025/26

Pupils at the January school census.

MeasureThis school
Total pupils200
Girls91
Boys109
Eligible for free school mealsPupils from low-income families who can get free school meals.5.5%
First language not English11%
School places2024/25Capacity, not including nursery.270
Unfilled placesShare of school places not taken.25.9%
SEN supportPupils with special educational needs who get extra help at school.21
EHC planEducation, health and care plan: a legal plan for pupils with more complex needs.4
Average class size25

Source: DfE, Schools, pupils and their characteristics and School capacity, Academic year 2025/26, published 04 Jun 2026.

Pupils ethnicity

2025/26

Share of pupils in each ethnic group, as recorded at the January school census.

Pupils ethnicity

White British
69.5%
Other White
9%
Other Asian
4.5%
White and Asian
3%
Indian
3%
Pakistani
2.5%
Other mixed
2%
African
2%
Chinese
1.5%
Other ethnic group
1.5%

Source: DfE, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, Academic year 2025/26, published 04 Jun 2026.

Teachers and staff

2025/26

Staff numbers are full-time equivalent (FTE). Teacher turnover shows where the school's teachers were by the following year's census.

MeasureThis school
Pupils per teacher17.4
Pupils per adultAdults include teaching assistants.10.5
Teachers (FTE)11.5
Teaching assistants (FTE)7.58
Support staff (FTE)10.99
Teachers in census year (FTE)2024/2510.4
Teachers who stayed (FTE)2024/257.4
Teachers who moved to another state school (FTE)2024/251
Teachers who left state schools (FTE)2024/252

Source: DfE, School workforce in England, Reporting year 2025, published 04 Jun 2026.

Admissions

2026/27

Applications and offers for the main entry points. Offers from oversubscribed schools depend on each school's admissions criteria; check the local authority admissions page.

MeasureThis school
Offers made (Reception)Places offered on national offer day.58
Applications (Reception)Includes every preference parents listed.132
First preference applications (Reception)Families who put this school as their first choice.49
First preference offers (Reception)First-choice applicants who were offered a place.49
Applications from another local authority (Reception)1

Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers, Academic year 2026/27, published 18 Jun 2026.

Attendance

2025/26

Share of possible sessions missed.

MeasureThis schoolSurreyEngland
Overall absence4.6%, better than England, similar to Surrey4.7%5.1%
Persistent absencePupils missing 10% or more of sessions.10.1%, better than England, similar to Surrey10.9%13.2%
Severe absencePupils missing 50% or more of sessions.0.7%, similar to England, similar to Surrey1%1%

Source: DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England, Autumn and spring term 2025/26, published 15 Oct 2026.

Suspensions and exclusions

2024/25

Suspension rate is the number of suspensions per 100 pupils, so one pupil can be counted more than once. A permanently excluded pupil is removed from the school roll.

MeasureThis school
Suspension rate3.1%
Pupils with one or more suspensions1.3%
Permanent exclusion rate0%
Permanent exclusions0

Source: DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, Academic year 2024/25, published 09 Jul 2026.

Nearby schools

Ratings include official Ofsted judgements and Area360 summaries of inspection grades. Open a school’s profile for its inspection grades and results.

Schools near The Grange Community Infant School
DistancePhaseNameTypeRatingLinks
0.0 miPrimaryNew Haw Community Junior SchoolAcademy converter
Outstanding
0.5 miSecondaryFullbrook SchoolAcademy converter
Good
0.7 miPrimaryWest Byfleet Infant SchoolCommunity school
Good
0.7 miPrimaryWest Byfleet Junior SchoolCommunity school
Good
0.9 miPrimaryOngar Place Primary SchoolCommunity school
Good
1.0 miPrimaryHoly Family Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter
Good
1.0 miPrimaryOttershaw Christ Church Church of England Infant SchoolAcademy converter
Good
1.1 miPrimaryByfleet Primary SchoolAcademy converter
Good
1.1 miPrimaryOttershaw Christ Church Church of England Junior SchoolAcademy converter
Good
1.1 miPrimaryThe Marist Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter
Good

Frequently asked questions about The Grange Community Infant School

What is The Grange Community Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The Grange Community Infant School is rated Requires improvement, last inspected on 9 Dec 2025. Recent Ofsted inspections have no single overall grade, so Area360 summarises the inspection grades.

How hard is it to get into The Grange Community Infant School?

For Reception entry in 2026/27, The Grange Community Infant School made 58 offers from 132 applications (2.3 per offer), and 49 of 49 first-preference applicants got a place. Applications include every preference parents listed.

How many pupils attend The Grange Community Infant School?

The Grange Community Infant School has 200 pupils aged 4 to 7.

What is the capacity of The Grange Community Infant School?

The Grange Community Infant School had 270 school places in 2024/25.

How big are classes at The Grange Community Infant School?

At The Grange Community Infant School, the average class had 25 pupils in 2025/26, and there were 17.4 pupils per teacher.

What is attendance like at The Grange Community Infant School?

In 2025/26, pupils at The Grange Community Infant School missed 4.6% of sessions (England 5.1%), and 10.1% were persistently absent, missing 10% or more of sessions (England 13.2%).

Figures are the latest published by the Department for Education for each measure. Small numbers are suppressed by the publisher to protect pupils' privacy. Read how Area360 school ratings and rankings work.