The Grove Primary School

The Grove Primary is performing well overall, consistently rated as good across all domains including the quality of education, behaviour, personal development, leadership, and early years provision. Pupils are happy, well-supported, and thrive in an environment where kindness and safety are prioritized. The school effectively establishes strong relationships between staff and pupils, which helps foster a positive learning atmosphere. The curriculum is broad and ambitious, focusing particularly on reading, which is a key strength of the school. While the overall performance is commendable, there are areas for improvement, especially concerning the assessment processes in certain subjects and the subject knowledge of a few teachers.

Strengths

• Strong relationships between pupils and staff
• Broad and ambitious curriculum
• High prioritization of reading with effective phonics teaching
• Effective support for pupils with SEND
• Positive behaviour and attitudes among pupils
• Engagement in extracurricular activities and diversity celebration

Areas for Improvement

• Some subject leaders need to develop their assessment processes
• Inconsistent subject knowledge among some teachers leading to gaps in pupils' understanding

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 The Grove Primary School attended 92.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 22.8% 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, 2.8% of pupils at The Grove 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 The Grove Primary School had 21.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.6% 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, 17.9% of pupils at The Grove Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.4% 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 The Grove Primary School received £9,685 and spent £9,353 for each of its 210 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £50,000 (£237 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 The Grove Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Grove Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was The Grove Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

The Grove Primary School was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does The Grove Primary School have?

The Grove Primary School has 224 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Grove Primary School cover?

The Grove Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is The Grove Primary School?

The Grove Primary School is at Campkin Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 2NB.