The Grange School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 24 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Buckinghamshire
Unique reference
110488
Address
Wendover Way, HP21 7NH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1423 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
49.0%
Girls
51.0%
First language not English
22.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.4%
Persistent absence
26.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 54.7%
Pakistani 16%
Mixed 7.6%
Other White 6.7%
African 4%
Other Asian 3.4%
Indian 2.7%
Caribbean 1.3%
Other 1.1%
Unclassified 1%
Other Black 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.07
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.26
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 32%
Local authority average 43%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 36%
Local authority average 60%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.5
Local authority average 54.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.74
Local authority average 4.83
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award21
Sports StudiesTechnical Award39
TourismTechnical Award9
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award14
Health StudiesTechnical Award61
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award41
Art & DesignGCSE49
Business Studies:SingleGCSE78
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE38
Design & TechnologyGCSE10
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Grange School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
228
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
168
2nd preference
145
3rd preference
83
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
159
2nd preference
42
3rd preference
22
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
239
98
141
Year 8
240
126
114
Year 9
278
140
138
Year 10
245
134
111
Year 11
244
129
115
Year 12
102
38
64
Year 13
75
32
43
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
92.4%
86.5%
Further education
28.0%
20.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
56.0%
66.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
4.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
2.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
1.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
2.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
3.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
66.0%
76.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
7.0%
39.2%
19.7%
Russell Group
5.0%
35.0%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
2.8%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
0.9%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.2%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020