Free schools · Primary
Manchester · M18 7GR · Manchester
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.1 miles away
OpenURN 145845
Grange School
Academy special sponsor led · Manchester · M12 4GR
Age range
Ages 4–19
Pupils
312
Local authority
Manchester
Age range
Ages 4–19
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
3 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy special sponsor led, Ages 4–19, in Manchester, Manchester, 312 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, special school. Free school meals: 69.3%.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy special sponsor led
- Age range
- 4–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 145845
Location
- Address
- Matthews Lane, Gorton
- Postcode
- M12 4GR
- Town
- Manchester
- Local authority
- Manchester
- District
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Gorton and Denton
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 312
- Boys / girls
- 236 / 76
- School capacity
- 220
- Capacity fill
- 312 / 220 (142%)
- Free school meals
- 69.3%
- FSM pupils
- 190
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: PROSPERE LEARNING TRUST
- Academy trust
- PROSPERE LEARNING TRUST
- Sponsor
- Prospere Learning Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rachael Clifford
- Telephone
- 01612312590
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Outstanding
Inspection date
2023-10-17
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 0%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 0%