Grovelands Primary School

Grovelands Primary School continues to perform well, maintaining its good status from the previous inspection in 2017. The school provides a nurturing and inclusive environment where pupils feel valued and are happy to attend. The curriculum is coherently sequenced, ensuring that pupils receive a well-rounded education. With strong support for those with special educational needs, the school fosters a culture of kindness and respect, alongside a commitment to developing pupils' academic skills. The leadership team is passionate about educational excellence and actively seeks to enhance the learning experience for every pupil.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and feel valued in a nurturing school environment.
• The curriculum is well-structured and effectively sequenced.
• Strong support is provided for pupils with special educational needs.
• Leaders have a clear vision for inclusion and academic excellence.
• Pupils demonstrate kindness and respect in their interactions.

Areas for Improvement

• Some teachers do not sufficiently check pupils' understanding during lessons.
• The early years curriculum needs further refinement to better prepare children for the next stage.

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 Grovelands Primary School attended 93.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.8% 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, 1.5% of pupils at Grovelands 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 Grovelands Primary School had 24.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.3% 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, 20.7% of pupils at Grovelands Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.8% 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 Grovelands Primary School received £7,045 and spent £7,177 for each of its 482 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £671,000 (£1,393 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 Grovelands Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Grovelands Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Grovelands Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Grovelands Primary School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Grovelands Primary School have?

Grovelands Primary School has 482 pupils on roll.

What age range does Grovelands Primary School cover?

Grovelands Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 78% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Grovelands Primary School?

Grovelands Primary School is at Terrace Road, Grovelands Primary Schoo, Walton on Thames, Surrey, KT12 2EB.