Columbia Grange School

State-Funded School

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North EastRegion

SunderlandLocal Authority

Washington and Gateshead SouthConstituency

NE38 7NYPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Columbia Grange School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 5–11, located in Sunderland, North East.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 140 pupils. Columbia Grange School is part of Oak Learning Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2011

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

87%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

140

Total Pupils

78%Boys

22%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

44%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 5 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 140
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Oak Learning Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
8 Apr 2011	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.