The Schools Guru
The Schools GuruYour personal AI advisor on schools and colleges in EnglandLet's talk 💬

The Grange School

 

Contact Details

Address:
 Redvers Road
 Christchurch
 Dorset BH23 3AU
Telephone: 01202 486536

School Type

Phase: Secondary and Sixth Form (ages 11-19)
Type: Sponsor-Led Academy
Religious Denomination: None
Admissions Policy: Non-selective
Established: 2015
History: This school arose from The Grange School
Trust: Twynham Learning
Sponsor: Twynham Learning Federation

Staff and Pupils

Headteacher: Mr Matthew Woodville (since May 2025)
Previous Headteacher: Deborah Hawkins
Numbers of Teachers / Assistants*: 29 / 7.05
Non-teaching Staff*: 25.42
Number of pupils: 429
Pupils Per Teacher: 14.8
Sex: Mixed (50% boys / 50% girls)
Eligible for free school meals (FSM): 44.30% (high)
FSM pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 18.8%
Local child deprivation rate: 10.3% (4km radius)
Proportion of ethnic minority pupils: 12.7%
Ethnic minority pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 34.6%
Distance to 10th nearest school†: 8.2km
* Full-time equivalents (FTEs)
† Schools of the same phase (primary or secondary) for which data are available

Location and Administration

Region: South West
Constituency: Christchurch
Electoral Ward: Burton and Grange
School Number: 8394006

Inspections and Reports

Ofsted Report: 28th April 2026 (view record)
Ofsted Rating: Good

External Links

DfE Record: View record
School Performance Table: View record
The Schools Guide: School indicators | Staff indicators
The Schools Guru: Let's talk 💬
 
 

Nearby Schools

  1. Somerford Primary School (0.3km) show on map
  2. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Christchurch (0.8km) show on map
  3. Mudeford Community Infants' School (0.8km) show on map
  4. Mudeford Junior School (0.8km) show on map
  5. Connie Rothman School (1.6km) show on map
  6. The Priory Church of England Primary School (1.8km) show on map
  7. Twynham School (2.0km) show on map
  8. Christchurch Junior School (2.0km) show on map
  9. Christchurch Learning Centre (2.0km) show on map
  10. Futures Autism Unlimited (2.1km) show on map
  11. Christchurch Infant School (2.1km) show on map
  12. Burton Church of England Primary School (2.1km) show on map
  13. Twynham Primary School (2.4km) show on map
  14. Highcliffe School (2.4km) show on map
  15. St Katharine's Church of England Primary School (2.6km) show on map
  16. The Stable School (3.1km) show on map
  17. St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School (3.2km) show on map
  18. Highcliffe St Mark Primary School (3.6km) show on map
  19. Stourfield Infant School (3.7km) show on map
  20. Stourfield Junior School (3.8km) show on map
  21. Bransgore Church of England Primary School (4.5km) show on map
  22. Tregonwell Academy (4.8km) show on map
  23. St James' Church of England Primary Academy (4.9km) show on map
  24. Pokesdown Community Primary School (4.9km) show on map
  25. Avonbourne Girls Academy (5.1km) show on map
  26. Avonbourne Boys' Academy (5.1km) show on map
  27. Sopley Primary School (5.1km) show on map
  28. Avonwood Primary School (5.2km) show on map
  29. Bournemouth Collegiate School (5.2km) show on map
  30. Jewell Academy Bournemouth (5.3km) show on map
  31. Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School (5.4km) show on map
  32. King's Park Academy (5.9km) show on map
  33. The Eaglewood School (6.3km) show on map
  34. Park School (6.4km) show on map
  35. The Arnewood School (6.5km) show on map
  36. St Clement's and St John's Church of England ... (6.6km) show on map
  37. The Bishop of Winchester Academy (6.6km) show on map
  38. New Milton Junior School (6.7km) show on map
  39. New Milton Infant School (6.8km) show on map
  40. Bethany Church of England Junior School (6.9km) show on map
  41. Bournemouth School for Girls (6.9km) show on map
  42. Durlston School (7.0km) show on map
  43. The Fortune Centre of Riding Therapy (7.1km) show on map
  44. Cambian Wing College (7.1km) show on map
  45. Muscliff Primary School (7.1km) show on map
  46. Ballard School (7.2km) show on map
  47. Queen's Park Academy (7.3km) show on map
  48. Queen's Park Infant Academy (7.3km) show on map
  49. Bournemouth School (7.3km) show on map
  50. Malmesbury Park Primary School (7.5km) show on map
  51. St. Walburga's Catholic Primary School (7.7km) show on map
  52. Linwood School (7.8km) show on map
  53. The Epiphany School (7.9km) show on map
  54. Livingstone Academy Bournemouth (8.2km) show on map
  55. Ashley Junior School (8.3km) show on map
  56. St Luke's Church of England Primary School (8.3km) show on map
  57. St Martin's School (8.5km) show on map
  58. Ashley Infant School (8.6km) show on map
  59. Kings Bournemouth (8.7km) show on map
  60. Moordown St John's Church of England Primary ... (8.8km) show on map
  61. Portfield School (8.8km) show on map
  62. Winton Primary School (9.0km) show on map
  63. Tiptoe Primary School (9.3km) show on map
  64. Hill View Primary Academy (9.3km) show on map
  65. Glenmoor Academy (9.4km) show on map
  66. Winton Academy (9.6km) show on map
  67. St Michael's Church of England Primary School (9.7km) show on map
  68. Hordle CofE (VA) Primary School (10.1km) show on map
  69. St Mark's Church of England Primary School (10.1km) show on map
  70. Talbot Heath School (10.3km) show on map
  71. Kingsleigh Primary School (10.3km) show on map
  72. The Bourne Academy (10.4km) show on map
  73. Burley Primary School (10.5km) show on map
  74. Talbot Primary School (10.8km) show on map
  75. Kinson Academy (10.8km) show on map
  76. Langside School (10.9km) show on map
  77. Bishop Aldhelm's Church of England Primary School (10.9km) show on map
  78. Parley First School (11.2km) show on map
  79. Christ The King Catholic Primary School (11.3km) show on map
  80. Heathlands Primary Academy (11.4km) show on map
  81. Elm Academy (11.4km) show on map
  82. Ringwood Junior School (11.6km) show on map
  83. Victoria Education Centre (11.6km) show on map
  84. St Luke's Church of England Primary School (11.6km) show on map
  85. St Ives Primary & Nursery School (11.8km) show on map
  86. Milford-on-Sea Church of England Primary School (11.8km) show on map
  87. Ringwood Church of England Infant School (11.8km) show on map
  88. Oak Academy (11.8km) show on map
  89. LeAF Studio (11.9km) show on map
  90. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Poole (11.9km) show on map
  91. Sheiling School (11.9km) show on map
  92. Sheiling College (11.9km) show on map
  93. Ringwood Waldorf School (11.9km) show on map
  94. Ringwood School Academy (12.1km) show on map
  95. The Lion Works School (12.1km) show on map
  96. Heatherlands Primary School (12.1km) show on map
  97. Ferndown First School (12.2km) show on map
  98. West Moors Middle School (12.2km) show on map
  99. Ferndown Middle School (12.2km) show on map
  100. Manorside Academy (12.2km) show on map
Note: If school locations don't appear on the map then try zooming out

Associated Schools

Predecessor Schools†
† Establishments now closed from which this school arose, or with which it has merged

Similar Schools*

  1. Sandwich Technology School
  2. Sir John Hunt Community Sports College, Plymouth
  3. Ormiston Shelfield Community Academy, Walsall
  4. St Edmund's Catholic School, Dover
  5. Christ Church, Church of England Secondary Academy, Birmingham
  6. Turner Free School, Folkestone
  7. Coppice Performing Arts School, Wolverhampton
  8. The Open Academy, Norwich
  9. King Ethelbert School, Birchington
  10. Oasis Academy Brightstowe, Bristol
  11. Churchill Community College, Wallsend
  12. Macmillan Academy, Middlesbrough
  13. Marine Academy Plymouth
  14. The Sittingbourne School
  15. Morecambe Bay Academy
  16. Staffordshire University Academy, Cannock
  17. Harefield School, Uxbridge
  18. Sarum Academy, Salisbury
  19. The Charles Dickens School, Broadstairs
  20. The Bourne Academy, Bournemouth
  21. The Sutton Academy, St Helens
  22. Orchards Academy, Swanley
  23. David Nieper Academy, Alfreton
  24. The Marsh Academy, New Romney
  25. NCEA Duke's Secondary School, Ashington
  26. North Kesteven Academy, Lincoln
  27. Outwood Academy Adwick, Doncaster
  28. Sirius Academy West, Hull
  29. Our Lady's Catholic College, Lancaster
  30. Tudor Grange Academy Redditch
  31. Leigh Academy Bexley, Erith
  32. King James I Academy Bishop Auckland
  33. Grace College, Gateshead
  34. Magnus Church of England Academy, Newark
  35. The Radcliffe School, Milton Keynes
  36. Bay Leadership Academy, Morecambe
  37. Kirk Hallam Community Academy, Ilkeston
  38. Harton Academy, South Shields
  39. Lees Brook Academy, Derby
  40. Cowley International College, St Helens
  41. Shoeburyness High School, Southend-on-Sea
  42. Swanwick Hall School, Alfreton
  43. Aldercar High School, Nottingham
  44. Sutton Community Academy, Sutton-in-Ashfield
  45. Ellesmere Port Church of England College
  46. University Academy Holbeach, Spalding
  47. AldridgeUTC@MediaCityUK, Salford
  48. Baxter College, Kidderminster
  49. Outwood Academy Newbold, Chesterfield
  50. Maltby Academy, Rotherham
  51. Norton Canes High School, Cannock
  52. The Telford Park School
  53. Netherhall School, Maryport
  54. The King's Academy, Middlesbrough
  55. Lipson Co-operative Academy, Plymouth
  56. John Smeaton Academy, Leeds
  57. Grace Academy Solihull, Birmingham
  58. The Long Eaton School, Nottingham
  59. Ridgeway Academy, Welwyn Garden City
  60. Airedale Academy, Castleford
  61. Chase High School, Westcliff-on-Sea
  62. Southmoor Academy, Sunderland
  63. Meden School, Mansfield
  64. Dover Christ Church Academy
  65. All Saints Catholic High School, Knowsley
  66. Shire Oak Academy, Walsall
  67. Laurus Ryecroft, Manchester
  68. Swinton Academy, Mexborough
  69. Medina College, Newport
  70. The Priory Ruskin Academy, Grantham
  71. Colmers School and Sixth Form College, Birmingham
  72. St John Henry Newman Catholic School, Carlisle
  73. Dixons Brooklands Academy, Manchester
  74. Burnside College, Wallsend
  75. Walbottle Academy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
  76. Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy
  77. Walsall Academy
  78. The Pingle Academy, Swadlincote
  79. Brighton Aldridge Community Academy
  80. St John Plessington Catholic College, Wirral
  81. Lift Greenwood, Birmingham
  82. Beckfoot Oakbank, Keighley
  83. Ormiston Sudbury Academy
  84. The Priory City of Lincoln Academy
  85. Haberdashers' Abraham Darby, Telford
  86. John Henry Newman Catholic College, Birmingham
  87. Netherthorpe School, Chesterfield
  88. Harris Academy Orpington
  89. The Adeyfield Academy, Hemel Hempstead
  90. Cecil Jones Academy, Southend-on-Sea
  91. St Cuthbert Mayne School, Torquay
  92. Samworth Church Academy, Mansfield
  93. St Bede's Catholic School and Byron Sixth Form College, Peterlee
  94. Chilmington Green School, Great Chart
  95. Haggerston School, London
  96. Fearnhill School, Letchworth
  97. Liberty Academy, Hull
  98. Lincoln Christ's Hospital School
  99. The Farnley Academy, Leeds
  100. XP School, Doncaster
* Based on pupil profiles – see About page for details

 | Copyright © 2026 |