The Grange Junior School A GSG School
- The Grange Junior School
Beechwood Avenue
Hartford
Northwich
Cheshire
CW8 3AU - Head: Mr Ben Tagg
- T 01606 77447
- F 01606 76630
- E [email protected]
- W www.grange.org.uk
- A mainstream independent school for pupils aged from 4 to 11 with a linked senior school
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils: 423
- Religion: Christian
- Fees: £10,560 - £11,460 pa
- Open days: See website
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Linked schools: The Grange School
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Once the senior leaders have talked, they head out into the playground - come rain or shine - to greet the children and parents as they arrive and make themselves as available as possible to anyone who might need to speak to them. It’s not uncommon for parents to go to the school with concerns about someone else’s child; but it is uncommon for them to be met with a response other than ‘Yes - we know about that issue. We’re already on it.’ The facilities are better than you’d find in some secondary schools. There’s a lot of specialist teaching and the resources to go with it...
What the school says...
The Junior School has recently undergone a phased extension to its premises. This includes a new Sports Hall, music classrooms including 5 individual peripatetic teaching rooms plus a sectional room and composing room. There is also a new science laboratory and technology laboratory, along with a new art and design area, general storage and cloakroom areas throughout the school. ...Read more
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Other features
All-through school (for example 3-18 years). - An all-through school covers junior and senior education. It may start at 3 or 4, or later, and continue through to 16 or 18. Some all-through schools set exams at 11 or 13 that pupils must pass to move on.
What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since September 2023, Mr Ben Tagg, previously acting head for two terms.
Entrance
At 4+ by a play-based assessment group session. Not hugely selective - they take in a fairly mixed ability cohort, just a little above average ability, so most applicants get a ‘definite yes’. The ‘definite nos' are usually the children who ‘aren’t listening to anyone’ in the assessment. For entry to later years assessment is a little more formal – nationally standardised assessments alongside formative observations. If the response is a ‘not yet’, parents get detailed feedback on what progress their child needs to make to be accepted and, the school says, up to 80 per cent of applicants are successful on a second try.
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