Grange Primary School, Swansea

Grange Primary School is an English-medium school in Wales. Welsh schools are inspected by Estyn rather than Ofsted, and its latest report is published on Estyn's website.

It had 141 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (three-year average).

Of its pupils, 7% have additional learning needs (25% in 2020/21); 7% are learning English as an additional language; and 27% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Year groups range from 10 pupils (Year 6) to 29 (Year 5).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £6,713 per pupil, against £5,186 in 2021-22. It carried forward £3k of reserves at the end of 2024-25.

Estyn's report on its March 2023 inspection summarises Grange Primary School like this:

"Grange Primary School is a happy, inclusive school that places a high priority on the well-being of its pupils. The school is at the heart of the community it serves and the governing body and leadership team, along with all staff and stakeholders, work together to effectively focus on the needs of the pupils and their families. Pupils feel safe in school and know whom to ask for help should they need it. They show high levels of interest in their lessons and enjoy the many authentic activities they participate in, such as designing ice cream sundaes for a local café to sell and sharing in part of the profits to fund a range of further enterprise events. Staff promote a high level of support and care for pupils in all aspects of school life."

"The positive relationships between pupils and staff encourage all pupils to show a responsible attitude in lessons and demonstrate excellent behaviour around the school. Teaching helps pupils to make good progress in literacy and mathematics. As they move through the school, most pupils develop their reading skills effectively and by Year 6 read fluently with good understanding. Many staff use questioning well to develop pupils’ understanding of concepts. However, the quality of feedback from teachers and the challenge provided by some activities does not always help pupils to improve and refine their work in independent tasks."

"Senior leaders set a clear vision for the school to help create a caring and supportive environment that encourages all pupils to give of their best. Leaders and staff are making good progress towards implementing a curriculum that is real and reflects the needs of the community. They have invested well to make beneficial changes to the inside environments. Governors provide knowledgeable and committed support for the school and question leaders effectively. However, leaders do not always focus sharply enough on ensuring that self-evaluation activities identify all the priorities for improvement that will impact on pupils’ learning."

Estyn made 3 recommendations: (1) Sharpen self-evaluation processes to ensure that monitoring activities consistently identify the most important areas for improvement; (2) Ensure that all teachers provide sufficient and timely feedback to extend pupils’ learning; (3) Ensure that the level of challenge is consistently well matched to pupils’ ability in all classes.

From the headteacher's welcome: "At Grange Primary School, we are proud to be a happy, caring and forward-thinking school, nestled within walking distance of the beautiful village of Mumbles. Our school is a place where children are at the heart of everything we do. We believe that learning should be exciting, fun and tailored to each child's individual needs."

The nearest other state primary schools to Grange Primary School are St David's Catholic Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Y.G.G. Llwynderw (under 0.1 miles), Oystermouth Primary School (0.5 miles) and Whitestone Primary School (0.5 miles).

The nearest railway station is Swansea Rail Station, about 4 miles away in a straight line.

14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is West Cross Avenue School (outside), 80 metres away.