Grove Vale Primary School

Grove Vale Primary School continues to excel as an outstanding institution, as evidenced by its latest inspection, which highlighted its strong performance across all areas evaluated. The school is celebrated for its inclusive environment where pupils achieve exceptionally well and feel valued, fostering exemplary behaviour and a sense of pride among students. Succeeding in its commitment to holistic development, the school effectively integrates personal development with academic achievement, preparing pupils for future opportunities and instilling high aspirations.

Strengths

• Outstanding quality of education across all subjects.
• Exceptional support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• High expectations set for all pupils, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds.
• Strong focus on personal development through a life skills program.
• Exemplary behaviour and attitudes of pupils.
• Effective strategies to promote reading and literacy skills.

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 Vale Primary School attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.8% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Grove Vale 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 Vale Primary School had 24.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 29.2% 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, 10.5% of pupils at Grove Vale Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

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 Vale Primary School received £7,065 and spent £7,096 for each of its 421 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £424,000 (£1,006 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 Vale Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Grove Vale Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was Grove Vale Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Grove Vale Primary School was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Grove Vale Primary School have?

Grove Vale Primary School has 421 pupils on roll.

What age range does Grove Vale Primary School cover?

Grove Vale Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 83% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Grove Vale Primary School?

Grove Vale Primary School is at Monksfield Avenue, Great Barr, Birmingham, West Midlands, B43 6AL.