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: £12,672 - £13,752 pa (last updated on 21/01/2025)
- Open days: See website
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Linked schools: The Grange School
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Pupils we met were confident and delightfully chatty. In every classroom they were keen to tell us what they were doing. We noticed thoughtfulness too – with pupils keen to tell us about what they felt was the most important award at prize day – the Rose award for kindness, named after a previous lunchtime assistant. There’s an outdoor classroom set among the trees for den building and getting up close to nature, with weekly sessions from year 2 and more frequent ad hoc visits for the little ones. Maximum class size is 20 in reception (more typically 15), rising to 24 max by year 6. No setting. French is taught from reception, with...
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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What The Good Schools Guide says
Head
Since 2023, Ben Tagg, a young and spritely head who joined the school as deputy head in 2022 until the then-head’s retirement which resulted in ‘perhaps a quicker route to headship than I’d planned’. BSc in sports science from Liverpool John Moores; PGDE from University of Strathclyde; MA in educational leadership from Chester. While studying for his first degree, he worked on a community health and fitness project with young families and ‘absolutely fell in love with education’. Began his teaching career with seven years at Redcourt St Anselm’s, where he became director of sport, followed by a further six at Altrincham Prep, where he became assistant head.
Behind his good-natured self-deprecation is enormous energy and enthusiasm. He wasted no time in overhauling the curriculum (‘I arrived with an academic hat...
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School | Year | Description |
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The Grange School | 2024 | Majority to the senior school. |
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