School Chooser

The Grange Community Infant School

Primary · ages 4-7MixedCouncil200 pupilsAddlestoneSurrey
School Chooser Score
1
Well below
similar schools
Likely range 1 to 3
Out of 100. Better than 0% of the 50 schools most like it. Slipping year on year.
#15,839 of 16,041 in England#270 in SurreyHow it is worked out
OfstedNeeds attention teachingOfsted report card, December 2025
Attendance94.7%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families6%Far fewer than most schools
Parents would recommend81%68 Parent View responses
Places70 spare200 pupils, 270 places
Pupils per teacher17.4School workforce census

The Grange Community Infant School is a council school in Addlestone for boys and girls aged 4 to 7. It has 200 pupils and room for 270. About 6 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. We give it 1 out of 100. That puts it well below schools like it, ahead of 0% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted visited in December 2025 and gave it a report card, which is below.

The Avenue, New Haw, Addlestone, KT15 3RL01932 346113grange.surrey.sch.ukMrs Muneera Smith headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted visited on 9 December 2025. Instead of one overall word, it now gives a grade for each part of school life. Read the full report on Ofsted's website.

TeachingOfsted calls this “curriculum and teaching”
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Behaviour and attendanceOfsted calls this “attendance and behaviour”
Needs attention
Support for every childOfsted calls this “inclusion”
As expected
WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development and wellbeing”
As expected
LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and governance”
Needs attention
Early years
Needs attention
SafeguardingAre pupils kept safe?
Pupils are kept safe
Met
Ofsted's scale:ExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement

Ofsted says these new grades can't be lined up against the old one-word grades.

Earlier inspections (1)
DateTypeOutcome
19 June 2024UngradedSchool remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next

Results

No published results yet for this school.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

Plenty of spare places220 pupils for 270 places, 2024/25
82% full

50 places were empty (19% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in. Pupil numbers have fallen by 16% since 2021/22, so places are getting easier to find.

Will my child get a place?

In 2026 every child who applied got a place, so how far away you live didn't matter. That could change if the school gets more popular.

We measure in a straight line from the middle of your postcode to the school. The council measures its own way, and the cut-off changes every year. Use this as a rough guide, and read the council's admissions booklet before you apply.

How places were given out for September 2026. Every child who applied got a place (59 offers for 90 places).

EntryPlacesGot a placeHow far the last child livedSource
2026 Primary9059– all offeredLA
2025 Primary9077– all offeredLA
2024 Primary9056– all offeredLA

What parents say

Would recommend the school81%England 87%
My child is happy here93%agree or strongly agree
My child feels safe90%
Positive overall75%
My child is happy at this school
93%England 89%
My child feels safe at this school
90%England 90%
Pupils are well behavedThe school makes sure its pupils are well behaved
77%England 83%
Has your child been bullied here?Parents answering yes
18% yesEngland 18%
Bullying was dealt with quickly and effectivelyOnly parents whose child was bullied
25%England 50%
My child gets the right support to learn well
76%England 85%
Does your child have SEND?Parents answering yes
15% yesEngland 26%
The school gives them the support they needOnly parents of children with SEND
40%England 71%
The school communicates well with me
65%England 80%
My concerns have been dealt with properlyWhen I have raised concerns
49%England 69%
Decisions put the child's best interests first
72%England 82%
I would recommend this school
81%England 87%
Overall view of the school is positive
75%England 82%
Strongly agreeAgreeDon't knowDisagreeStrongly disagreeEngland, agree or yes

From Ofsted's Parent View survey: 68 parents answered in the year to 6 April 2026. Parents choose whether to fill it in, and many only do so when an inspection is coming, so don't read too much into small differences. The England figures are the average for primary schools with enough answers to publish.

Who goes here

Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.

Pupils on roll200Census January 2026
Places27074% full
Pupils from low-income families6%6% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English11%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support11%21 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan2%4 pupils with a plan
Average class size25.08 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils0%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)6%£17,050 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls109 / 91
White British pupils70%

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (8), Autistic spectrum disorder (6), language and communications needs (4), Moderate learning difficulty (3), Specific learning difficulty (3), Vision impairment (1).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll200224254256263269
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals6%11%9%10%8%5%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language11%18%22%28%26%24%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support–9%8%9%3%7%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans–1%2%4%3%2%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 94.7% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance94.7%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school14.9%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils3.12024/25, no permanent exclusions
Missed without permission1.1%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212018/19England
Sessions missedOverall absence5.3%6.0%5.5%3.9%2.0%2.7%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence4.2%3.9%4.4%3.5%1.8%2.3%–
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence1.1%2.1%1.1%0.4%0.2%0.4%–
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence14.9%16.6%15.1%6.0%2.8%3.3%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate3.14.30.00.00.4––
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions01000––

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers11.5full-time equivalent, 13 people
Pupils per teacher17.4Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants7.6full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£49,777
Teachers who left in the year29%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher9.12024/25

Money

From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£7,052England £7,738. Total £1.6m
Income per pupil£7,413England £7,697. Total £1.7m
Spent on teachers per pupil£2,731England £3,480
Money in reserve9%A healthy amount put by: £150k, £671 per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out+£81kit took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£7,052spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m9512 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate51 per 1,000 people44% lower than the England average
Typical house price£465,000Runnymede
Nearest bus stop160 mQueen Mary's Drive, 8 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
New Haw Community Junior SchoolAcademy80 m333Outstanding 202396Compare
West Byfleet Junior SchoolCouncil0.7 miles345Not inspected84Compare
West Byfleet Infant SchoolCouncil0.7 miles263Good 202349Compare
Ongar Place Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles203Not inspected20Compare
Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy1.0 miles218Report card 202681Compare
Ottershaw Christ Church Church of England Infant SchoolAcademy1.0 miles208No overall grade 202471Compare
Byfleet Primary SchoolAcademy1.1 miles175Not inspected94Compare
Ottershaw Christ Church Church of England Junior SchoolAcademy1.1 miles235No overall grade 202578Compare
Primary schools in SurreyPrimary schools in AddlestoneBest primary schools in England

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares The Grange Community Infant School with the 47 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 47 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.

Beats0%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
Near the bottom of its group. Its score of 1 is 81 points below the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 24 · middle 83 · highest 99100

Nearby schools with a similar mix of pupils that score higher

Of those 47 schools, these are within 25 km and score at least five points more than The Grange Community Infant School, nearest first. A school with the same kind of pupils and a higher score is the fairest sign that it gets more out of them.

SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
The Royal Kent CofE Primary SchoolChurch of England6.5 miles204Good 202476Compare
Lightwater Village Infant School and NurseryAcademy7.3 miles199Good 202224Compare
Long Ditton Infant and Nursery SchoolFoundation8.5 miles208No overall grade 202585Compare
Heather Ridge Infant SchoolCouncil8.6 miles184Good 202360Compare
Cranbourne Primary SchoolCouncil9.5 miles202No overall grade 202577Compare
Winkfield St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolChurch of England10.4 miles207Not inspected66Compare
Wildmoor Heath SchoolAcademy12.1 miles208Report card 202657Compare
St Edmund's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy12.7 miles216Good 202492Compare

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 1 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 1% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 1 to 3. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.

What we looked atHow much it countsAgainst schools like itEffect on the scoreBased on
Results over three years0%no data
–
Ofsted inspection20%well below
-1.06
Ofsted report card, 0.8 years old
Progress pupils make0%no data
–
Direction of travel over five years10%well below
-0.42
results and attendance falling year on year
Attendance and behaviour10%in line
-0.01
2024/25; 181 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils0%no data
–
What parents say5%below
-0.06
Ofsted's Parent View survey, allowing for how many parents replied; 68 responses

Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.

Questions parents ask

Is The Grange Community Infant School a good school?

The figures are weak. The Grange Community Infant School scores 1 out of 100. That is well below schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 0% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 1 to 3, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much. Its results have been slipping over the last five years.

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

Ofsted no longer gives schools one overall grade. When it visited on 9 December 2025 it rated teaching as needs attention, achievement as needs attention, behaviour and attendance as needs attention, leadership as needs attention.

How many pupils does The Grange Community Infant School have?

200 pupils aged 4 to 7 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 270 places, so it is 74% full.

Is The Grange Community Infant School oversubscribed?

Probably not. 50 places were empty in 2024/25 (19% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.

What is attendance like at The Grange Community Infant School?

Pupils were in school 94.7% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 15% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

What do parents say about The Grange Community Infant School?

81% of the 68 parents who answered Ofsted's Parent View survey would recommend it to other parents, and 93% say their child is happy there. Across England, 87% of parents would recommend their child's school.

How big are the classes at The Grange Community Infant School?

The average class had 25.0 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
The Avenue, New Haw, Addlestone, KT15 3RL
Telephone
01932 346113
Website
www.grange.surrey.sch.uk
Headteacher
Mrs Muneera Smith
Type of school
Council school (Community school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-7
Gender
Mixed
Local authority
Surrey
Ward
Woodham & Rowtown
Constituency
Runnymede and Weybridge
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
125037 · LAESTAB 9362384 · UKPRN 10072765
Official recordOfsted reportsGovernment performance tablesDownload this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from