The Grange Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D51
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Bushey, WD23 3AA
- Distance
- 1.4km away
Queens' School
Aldenham Road, Bushey, WD23 2TY
Local ranking23rd of 81 secondary schools in Hertfordshire
Ofsted: Outstanding
Secondary
Phase
1701
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 18 March 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form provision
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 57.5 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 67.8% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 83.5% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 83.5% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 5.4 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 267
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 97.0%
- Continued in education
- 95.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 2.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Higher education
- 72.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 12.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25B
Avg A-Level Grade
39.9
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
40.3
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
148
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 29.5% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 37.2
- 16-18 Cohort
- 309
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1660
- Boys
- 836 (50%)
- Girls
- 824 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1701 (98% full)
- SEND
- 18.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 11.4%
- EAL
- 17.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.8%
- SEN Support
- 16.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 98.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,660/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 12.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 37.9%
- Asian Indian: 13.3%
- White Other: 12.2%
- Asian Other: 7.8%
- Asian Pakistani: 5.5%
- Black African: 4.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 4.2%
- Mixed Other: 3.3%
37.9%
White British
13.3%
Asian Indian
12.2%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Aldenham Road
Bushey, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 136877
- UKPRN
- 10034136
- Establishment No.
- 5410
- Trust
- QUEENS' SCHOOL (BUSHEY)
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