Grange Primary School, Shrewsbury

From the headteacher's welcome: "As part of the Marches Academy Trust we believe in ‘achievement through caring’ and by providing our Grangers with a nurturing and vibrant learning environment to achieve their potential. We are an inclusive school that aims to meet the needs of all of our Grangers."

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:45am and after-school care, from £4.50 per day.

In 2025, 44% of Year 6 pupils at Grange Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 38% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 72% in Shropshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 62% in reading and 43% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 18 families put Grange Primary School as their first choice and 36 named it as one of their preferences, for 19 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Grange Primary School are Greenacres Primary School (0.3 miles, Requires improvement, 71% reading, 50% maths); Mount Pleasant Primary (0.7 miles, Good, 68% reading, 61% maths); Sundorne Infant School and Nursery (0.9 miles); and Harlescott Junior School (1.1 miles, 74% reading, 68% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Grange Primary School.

Grange Primary School is one of 18 schools run by Marches Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 48% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

43.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 7.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (81%), Mixed (6%) and Black (6%).

In 2026, 28 pupils (17.1%) received SEN support and 10 (6.1%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Grange Primary School had 8 teachers in 2026, one for every 16 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Shrewsbury Rail Station, about 1.7 miles away in a straight line.

19 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Grange School (adjacent), 80 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 125 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Shropshire (10), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Grange Primary School issued 28 suspensions, 16.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.