This is a Community Primary day school providing for boys and girls aged from 3 to 11 years. It incorporates a Nursery Class which provides for up to 30 (full time equivalent) boys and girls who are at least 3 years old at the beginning of the term in which they are admitted. In addition there are currently six classes for children who have statements of special educational needs. Three classes cater for children with particular learning difficulties, two others for children with language disabilities, one for those with social and emotional needs and the other two for children with language disabilities.

The Grange is a one-form entry school with a current roll of 207 mainstream pupils (excluding the nursery), plus 49 children in the six special needs classes.
The school is accommodated mainly within a single, one-story building consisting basically of four wings around a central multi-purpose hall. In addition to the main building one classroom, a computer suite, a music room and a conference room are situated in an adjacent building. The school is situated in attractive grounds and has extensive playing-fields.

As far as possible the mainstream children are grouped in classes containing children whose birth-dates fall in the same academic year.

Parents carry an enormous responsibility in the selection of their child's Primary School and have the legal right to choose what they consider to be the best. Therefore it is very important that they visit their local schools and ask questions about organisation and the curriculum available.

Parents considering sending their children to this school are most welcome to visit at a mutually convenient time and are free to visit or telephone the school to make an appointment. The school operates an induction policy that is designed to make the transitions both from home into the Nursery class and from nursery (or home) into full-time school. This involves the following:

• Prior to admission into the nursery class staff are available to discuss relevant issues with parents.
  
• Parents are invited to a meeting in the term prior to admission in which schoolpolicy, curriculum and other organisational details are discussed.

A series of acclimatisation visits is arranged for each child. A comparable system operates for the second transition from the nursery to the full-time Reception Class. The children have regular contact with and opportunities to mix with the reception classes, when they can get to know their next teacher. Pre-school visits are arranged for those children who do not attend the nursery.

Within a context of professional flexibility we are committed to the following time allocations for specific subjects, the range of which is consistent with National Curriculum requirements. These subjects, which include cross-curriculum themes where appropriate, are listed below with their relative time allocations for 2006/7. This includes, on a daily basis, a literacy hour and a numeracy hour.
Subject Proportional time allocation per week: