Grove Street Primary School

Type Primary / Community school
Age Range 2-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Grove Street Primary School
Grove Street
New Ferry
Wirral
Merseyside
CH62 5BA
Phone 01516452170
Reference Number 105011

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.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 338
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 54.44%
Girls: 45.56%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 60.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 14.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 18.4
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 14
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 22.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 20 21 41
2 19 15 34
3 17 14 31
4 24 20 44
5 20 22 42
6 17 22 39

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 80.5%
White, Other 2.7%
African 2.7%
Mixed, Other 1.8%
Indian 1.2%
White & Black (African) 1.2%
Asian, Other 0.9%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.6%
Chinese 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Early Years Provision Good
Last Report Date 04 Oct 2022
Date Report
04 Oct 2022 School inspection:
15 Nov 2018 Full inspection:
11 Jun 2014 Full inspection:
16 Nov 2012 Monitoring visit
11 Sep 2012 Full inspection:
23 Jun 2010 Full inspection:
08 Oct 2008 Curriculum and development visit
29 Nov 2006 Full inspection:
29 Oct 2001 Full inspection

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.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 30%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 0%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 100
Maths 100

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 3.2
Writing 3.1
Maths 0.8

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 6 0
Third Preference 8 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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