Grove Street Primary School

Grove Street Primary School has shown significant improvement since its last inspection and is now performing well across all areas, earning a ‘Good’ rating overall. The school has a caring and harmonious environment where pupils feel safe and enjoy learning. The strong leadership has fostered high expectations and a well-structured curriculum, particularly benefitting pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Relationships between staff and pupils are strong, enhancing the overall learning experience and personal development opportunities provided to students.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy attending and feel safe at the school.
• Strong relationships between staff and pupils foster a positive learning environment.
• High expectations for pupil achievement are set by leaders and staff.
• Curriculum is ambitious and well-structured from early years through to upper years.
• Effective implementation of the curriculum leads to good pupil outcomes.
• Leaders provide ample opportunities for personal development and well-being.
• Reading is prioritized and integrated throughout the curriculum.

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment systems in a few foundation subjects need improvement to better understand pupils' learning.

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 Street Primary School attended 90.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 31.3% 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, 5.6% of pupils at Grove Street Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). 2 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 Street Primary School had 9.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 33.0% 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, 46.8% of pupils at Grove Street Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 10.9% 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 Street Primary School received £10,713 and spent £11,939 for each of its 298 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £583,000 (-£1,958 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 Street Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Grove Street Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2022.

When was Grove Street Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Grove Street Primary School was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does Grove Street Primary School have?

Grove Street Primary School has 312 pupils on roll.

What age range does Grove Street Primary School cover?

Grove Street Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 30% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Grove Street Primary School?

Grove Street Primary School is at Grove Street Primary School, Grove Street, New Ferry, Wirral, Merseyside, CH62 5BA.