Grange Lane Infant Academy

Academy converter·Infant school Doncaster·DN11 0QY

School type

Infant school

Ages 2–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Grange Lane Infant Academy is an infant school for pupils aged 2–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

50 first choices, 51 places

First choices per place

0.98

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 51 places

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.02

00.511.5

1 per place

0.9820220.9120230.9420241.0020250.982026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Grange Lane Infant Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Outstanding

Quality of education

Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Outstanding

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Outstanding

School profile

Age range: 2–7
Pupils on roll: 262
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

39.8%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

7.3%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

17.9%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

3.8%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

5.4%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

15.4%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

28.6

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£7,892

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Pheasant Bank Academy Doncaster · 0.4 mi 59.2 St Joseph's School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy Doncaster · 0.6 mi 64.7 Rossington St Michael's CofE Primary School Doncaster · 1.1 mi 43.9 Hatchell Wood Primary Academy Doncaster · 1.9 mi 28.2 Willow Primary School Doncaster · 1.9 mi 71.2 Bessacarr Primary Doncaster · 2.4 mi 61.6 Wadworth Primary School Doncaster · 2.5 mi 38.4 Hayfield Lane Primary School Doncaster · 2.7 mi 61.2

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

School overview

Grange Lane Infant Academy is a primary school serving Doncaster, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 262 pupils aged 2 to 7 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Grange Lane Infant Academy 'Outstanding'.

Grange Lane Infant Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 50 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.4%. There are about 28.6 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 40% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.