The Grange Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D52
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Bushey, WD23 3AA
- Distance
- 1.4km away
Bushey Meads School
Coldharbour Lane, Bushey, WD23 4PA
Local ranking75th of 81 secondary schools in Hertfordshire
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1300
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 14 January 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 14 January 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 42.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 43.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 61.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 187
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 94.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 2.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Higher education
- 70.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 18.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C-
Avg A-Level Grade
27.6
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
28.4
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
122
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 5.6% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 25.4
- 16-18 Cohort
- 258
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1236
- Boys
- 668 (56%)
- Girls
- 532 (44%)
- Capacity
- 1300 (92% full)
- SEND
- 23.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 23.0%
- EAL
- 18.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 8.6%
- SEN Support
- 15.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 77.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,863/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 13.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 32.5% 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: 54.4%
- White Other: 9.9%
- Asian Other: 6.8%
- Asian Indian: 6.6%
- Asian Pakistani: 4.0%
- Mixed Other: 3.5%
- Other: 3.0%
- Black African: 2.6%
54.4%
White British
9.9%
White Other
6.8%
Asian Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Coldharbour Lane
Bushey, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 137872
- UKPRN
- 10036451
- Establishment No.
- 5408
- Trust
- BUSHEY ST JAMES TRUST
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