Grove Road Primary School

Grove Road Primary School is demonstrating overall effective performance with strong pupil achievements that are close to national averages in core subjects like reading, writing, and mathematics. Leaders have established a positive culture focused on safeguarding and inclusion, providing adequate support for students with additional needs. Furthermore, disadvantaged pupils show commendable performance aligned with or exceeding their peers nationally. The school environment fosters a sense of belonging and well-being among its students, with efforts in place to continuously improve educational outcomes.

Strengths

• Safeguarding standards are met with an open culture around safety.
• Disadvantaged pupils achieve outcomes similar to or better than their peers nationally.
• Leaders are proactive in addressing barriers to attendance and promote high expectations.
• A calm and positive environment enhances learning experiences.
• Strong personal development programs prepare pupils well for life beyond school.
• Robust inclusion strategy supports pupils with special educational needs.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistency in the quality of teaching across classes and subjects.
• Some teaching does not rapidly address misconceptions.
• Teachers' expectations may not be high enough for certain pupils.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Grove Road Primary School attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.4% of pupils at Grove Road Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Grove Road Primary School had 24.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 27.3% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 14.2% of pupils at Grove Road Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 11.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 18 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Grove Road Primary School received £9,454 and spent £9,358 for each of its 221 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £170,000 (£771 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Grove Road Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Grove Road Primary School is Needs attention, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Grove Road Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Grove Road Primary School was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Grove Road Primary School have?

Grove Road Primary School has 233 pupils on roll.

What age range does Grove Road Primary School cover?

Grove Road Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Grove Road Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 44% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Grove Road Primary School?

Grove Road Primary School is at Cromwell Road, Hounslow, TW3 3QQ.