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Academy sponsor led · Halton

The Grange School

  • 3–16Ages
  • 1,200Pupils
  • All-throughPhase
  • 144617URN

Latham Avenue, Runcorn, WA7 5DX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.0per place
close to Halton median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Halton

281 applications for 142 places · 5th of 7 in Halton
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
36.0of 90
8th of 8 in Halton
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 30 June 2026Published 20 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsStrong standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 30 June 2026
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
  2. 4 May 2022
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.0applications per place, Year 7
close to Halton median (2.0) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

281 applications · 142 places offered · 139 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 2.0; Halton median median 2.0
  2. 2025 1.8; Halton median median 2.0
  3. 2024 1.6; Halton median median 1.8
  4. 2023 1.6; Halton median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.6; Halton median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.3; Halton median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.7; Halton median median 1.7
  8. 2019 1.3; Halton median median 1.3
  9. 2018 1.5; Halton median median 1.6
  10. 2017 1.8; Halton median median 1.6; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.7; Halton median median 1.6; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.5; Halton median median 1.9; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.4; Halton median median 1.9; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Halton median in 0 of 9 years.
  • This school
  • Halton median

Dashed bars: as The Grange School (URN 111401), the previous school.

Reception entry, September 2026: 1.7 per place (72 applications for 42 places).

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261422812.01390.98
Sep 20251442641.81370.95
Sep 20241762841.61570.89
Sep 20231662721.61570.95
Sep 20221432241.61250.87
Sep 20211572011.31230.78
Sep 2020941591.7870.93
Sep 20191221541.3910.75
Sep 20181091631.5860.79
Sep 2017 *1172081.81150.98
Sep 2016 *1302221.71260.97
Sep 2015 *1032562.51031.00
Sep 2014 *972302.4960.99

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

163 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)36.08th of 8 in Halton
Grade 5 or above in English and maths26%7th of 8 in Halton
Grade 4 or above in English and maths45%
  • This school
  • Halton median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.84
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)16336.026%45%–
2024/2511436.424%40%–
2023/2413733.526%40%−0.84
2022/2311935.129%38%−0.73

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
All-through
URN · DfE number
144617 · 876/4003
Trust
Wade Deacon Trust
Capacity
1,320 pupils · 1,200 on roll
Free school meals
53.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 January 2018
Replaced
The Grange School (URN 111401)
Address
Latham Avenue, Runcorn, WA7 5DX
Local authority
Halton

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources