Dear parents

As we head into the half-term break, I wanted to share just how incredibly proud I am of our school.  At Grange Park, some of the things that makes us special is our educational excellence, our commitment to the environment and our nurturing community.  

I am absolutely thrilled to share that our Year 6 data is truly astounding! This places Grange Park among the most successful schools in the country, securing a spot in the top 3% nationally. What an incredible achievement!

Our sustainability efforts have been officially recognised with the prestigious Eco Green Flag award with distinction!

The strength of our community was highlighted beautifully during our Learning Conversations. It was so heart-warming to hear such lovely, positive feedback from so many parents as they were leaving. This real sense of partnership is what we cherish, and it’s why we’re so excited for our upcoming ‘Come Learn with Me’ sessions—please make sure you have those dates noted in your diaries!

Our children have also been shining brightly in sport. A huge round of applause to the 81 children from Years 3 to 6 who represented Grange Park this week, showing remarkable pride, fantastic teamwork, and brilliant sportsmanship.

Finally, we turn our attention to the GPPSA! We are all looking forward to their spectacular Fireworks Night—it's going to be amazing! We want to express our sincere thanks to the committee members stepping down from their roles: Gaya, Carrie, and Goulla.  We're also very thankful for the continuing and new members and extend a special thank you to Cheryl as Chair and Leah as Vice Chair. The GPPSA is crucial for organising events, if you can spare any time at all to volunteer, please get in contact with the GPPSA—your support makes all the difference!

Have a wonderful and restful half term everyone! We look forward to seeing you back on Monday 3 November 2025.

With very best wishes to you and your families,

Tijen Hassan

Headteacher 

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As we head into the colder months, please be reminded of the NHS guidance to help parents decide whether their child is well enough to attend school. In most cases, if your child’s attendance level is falling, Grange Park will contact you (by phone or by email) to explore the reasons and discuss what help can be put in place to help you overcome the barriers they are facing. If your child is struggling to attend school, you can expect Grange Park to meet with you, and your child if they are old enough. Grange Park wants to understand the reasons for your child’s absence and what support you or they need to overcome the barriers to attendance they are experiencing.

We are thrilled to take a moment to celebrate the truly amazing statutory assessment data from 2024-2025. Our results across all key stages are a fantastic "sea of blues," indicating our performance is significantly above the national average.   Which has been the case year-on-year at Grange Park  This sustained excellence shows we've achieved the highest level of performance possible!

Our KS2 results in Reading, Writing, and Maths (RWM) combined place us among the elite nationally: Our data for pupils achieving the expected standard puts us in the top 3% of the COUNTRY nationally! Furthermore, for the higher standard, we rank in the top 5% of the COUNTRY nationally!

This data proves we are a genuinely high-performing school at all key stages, and that our amazing children are truly succeeding, building foundations for bright futures.  Thank you to all our incredible staff for your unbelievably hard work, to our families for your partnership, and most importantly, to our wonderful children whom you trust us with. We are so proud!

Grange Park would like to welcome you into school for our Autumn Term Come Learn With Me event.  This is an exciting opportunity for you to come into your child's classroom and join in with their activities! Please see the dates below:

During our Annual General Meeting on 29th September we said farewell and thank you to some valued committee members Gaya Achu, Carrie Percy and Goulla Angelides who have now stepped down from their roles. As a result, we now have numerous vacant positions to be filled. Details of these can be found on the GPPSA tab on the school website. 

If you share a passion for helping our school community and can contribute some spare time we would love to hear from you! Email us at gppsa@hotmail.co.uk to show your interest and we will be in touch. Finally please continue to look out for upcoming GPPSA events and support us where you can.

Many Thanks 

GPPSA 

Upcoming GPPSA Dates to Remember!

5th November- Fireworks Night 

13th November- Bags 2 School collections 

Reception have been exploring the topic ‘All About Me’, enjoying discussions about who is special to them in their families. Daffodil, Tulip and Bluebell classes have also been combining this topic with their interest in the Autumn season. Using natural loose parts such as conkers, leaves, twigs, and small log slices, the children have created wonderful representations of their family members. They have shown great creativity and curiosity, experimenting with different ways to design and build their ideas. It has been lovely to see their imagination shine through in their autumn-inspired family creations!

As part of our Learning Quest, ‘Our Local Area’, Year 1 went on a field trip to identify some of the human and physical features in Winchmore Hill. We learnt that a human feature is something that is made by humans and a physical feature is natural. We really enjoyed identifying different geographical features. 

Here are some quotes from the children:

“We go shopping at this Sainsbury’s!” - Christopher, Dragonfly 

“The road is human geography because humans made it.” - Milly, Butterfly

Year 4 has finished their stunning watercolour paintings, taking inspiration from Cézanne and other great still life artists! The children focused on observing light and colour on fruits and vegetables and also on drawing the entire composition. They worked hard to show overlapping objects to create a foreground, middleground and background. Well done to all our young Year 4 artists!

Year 5 Explore Black Holes with Hands On Science!

This week, Year 5 had a fascinating visit from Hands On Science, who helped bring our space topic (Earth and Space) to life. The session focused on black holes — some of the most mysterious objects in the universe! Pupils took part in exciting experiments, including using balloons to mimic how a star collapses to form a black hole. They also built their own model of a black hole. Everyone was amazed to see science in action and left the session full of questions and curiosity about space.