Grange Infants' School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–7 · Swindon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.808 miles
Published by Swindon Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Grange Infants' School is a primary school in Swindon for ages 5–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 June 2023. Swindon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Grange Infants' 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 | 0.808 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026 the last place offered went to a child 0.808 miles away, 8th shortest of 57 Swindon primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.86 miles).
- Reception 2026 drew 60 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 56 offers went to first-choice families and 4 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place.
- Both free school meal eligibility, 11.5%, and pupils per teacher, 19.3, sit below the 8 nearest primary schools in Swindon (middle figures 15.1% and 21.7).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Swindon schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Delamere Drive, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon, SN3 4XE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–7
- Council
- Swindon
- Pupils on roll
- 174 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 June 2023
Strengths
- “Grange Infants’ is a welcoming and friendly school.”
- “Leaders and staff ensure that pupils follow the school’s motto of ‘don’t just fly, soar!”
- “As a result, pupils enjoy coming to school.”
To improve
- “However, assessment is not used as well in some areas of the curriculum.”
- “Sometimes teaching does not check what pupils understand.”
- “As a result, pupils do not build on what they already know.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 September 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 60 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 56 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 Swindon.
- Grange Junior School 0.4 mi Good
- Ruskin Junior School 0.4 mi Good
- St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Swindon 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Beechcroft Infant School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Colebrook Infant Academy 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Colebrook Junior School 1.1 mi Standards maintained
- South Marston Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Gorse Hill Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published