Grange Community Nursery and Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Winsford, Cheshire West and Chester
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Cheshire West and Chester Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2016–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Grange Community Nursery and Primary School is a primary school in Winsford, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 25 April 2023. Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Grange Community Nursery and Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 3 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 47.2% of pupils, against a middle figure of 35.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester.
- Reception 2026 drew 36 first-choice applications for 29 offers; all 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 7 first-choice families (19%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Cheshire West and Chester schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Brindley Avenue, Grange Community Nursery and Primary School, Winsford, CW7 2EG
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 218 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 47.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 25 April 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils, including children in the early years, help to ensure that Grange Primary school is a harmonious place to learn.”
- “There is a strong ethos of mutual respect between staff and pupils.”
- “Leaders have high expectations for pupils’ behaviour and what they can achieve academically.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, some teachers do not ensure that pupils have sufficient opportunities to recap and recall earlier learning.”
- “However, some pupils do not attend school as regularly as they should.”
- “These pupils miss out on important learning and this hinders their learning of the intended curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 June 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 63% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 36 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 29 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Cheshire West and Chester.
- Over St John's CofE Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Oak View Academy 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Winsford High Street Community Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Over Hall Community School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St. Chad's Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Darnhall Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Wharton CofE Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published