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The Grove Primary Academy

Primary Ages 4-11 418 pupils Camberley
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The Grove Primary Academy is an academy converter in Camberley for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has 418 pupils on roll. In 2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Chobham Road
Frimley
Camberley
Surrey
GU16 8PG
Phone 0127622447
Reference Number 142380

General Makeup

Number of pupils 418
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 54.55%
Girls: 45.45%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 15.1%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 25.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 29.7
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 26.2
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 32.7

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 20 22 42
2 26 35 61
3 42 24 66
4 33 30 63
5 41 26 67
6 36 29 65

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 43.5%
Indian 9.6%
Asian, Other 8.4%
Pakistani 6.2%
Mixed, Other 4.5%
White, Other 4.1%
African 3.3%
White & Asian 2.4%
Chinese 1.7%
White & Black (African) 1.7%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.2%
Unclassified 1.2%
Irish 0.7%
Caribbean 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 25 Jun 2024 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
25 Jun 2024 School inspection
16 Oct 2018 Short inspection
18 Oct 2015 Academy conversion letter
19 Mar 2013 Full inspection:
Previously as The Grove Primary School
29 Mar 2011 Full inspection:
16 Jan 2008 Full inspection:
02 Jun 2003 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 65%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 3%

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 107
Maths 106

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 0.7
Writing -1.3
Maths 1.8

How many students meet the standards

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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.

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Progress Scores

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 35 11
Third Preference 27 0
From another Local Authority 2 2

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 The Grove Primary Academy had 421 pupils for 420 places. That is 1 more pupils than the school has room for.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Frimley & Heatherside” planning area

Surrey counted 207 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 217 in 2029–30, up 5%.

201620172018201920212022202320242025
Places 420420420420420420420420420
Pupils 415416416419415412434432421
Unfilled 1.2%1.0%1.0%0.2%1.2%1.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%

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 Academy attended 94.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 3.3%3.3%2.9%3.0%5.6%4.1%4.0%4.0%
Unauthorised absence 1.0%1.5%1.5%0.9%1.4%1.4%1.3%1.4%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.3%0.3%0.8%1.3%0.3%0.8%1.3%

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 The Grove Primary Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.00.00.70.20.21.70.50.90.0
Permanent exclusions 0000000000

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 Academy had 21.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.9% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 10.710.811.49.811.610.410.611.510.29.69.3
Teachers who left state teaching 21.0%17.2%10.3%13.2%4.8%7.7%5.3%10.9%10.6%5.6%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 40.0%54.5%52.2%45.5%–50.0%100.0%44.0%57.9%61.9%–
Sick days per teacher 4.02.53.50.9–11.26.91.38.62.2–

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, 9.6% of pupils at The Grove Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 9.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 14 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 14 13
Autistic spectrum disorder 4 20
Moderate learning difficulty 12 4
Social, emotional and mental health 9 1
Specific learning difficulty 1 0

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 2024–25 The Grove Primary Academy received £6,852 and spent £7,107 for each of its 419 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £149,000 (£355 per pupil).

Across all 9 schools of The Kite Academy Trust, income was £7,546 and spending £7,640 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £290,000£220,000£176,000£224,000£264,000£148,000£149,000
per pupil £701£521£422£546£624£337£355
In-year balance -£66,000£6,000£50,000£499,000£31,000-£181,000-£107,000
per pupil -£161£14£121£1,214£72-£412-£255

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

Name Distance
Lakeside Nursery & Primary Academy
Mindenhurst Road, Deepcut, Camberley, GU16 6LG
0.25 miles
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School
Tomlinscote Way, Frimley, Camberley, Surrey, GU16 8PY
0.34 miles
Ravenscote Junior School
Old Bisley Road, Frimley, Camberley, Surrey, GU16 9RE
0.52 miles
Sandringham Infant & Nursery Academy
Sandringham Way, Paddock Hill Estate, Frimley, Surrey, GU16 9YF
0.86 miles
Frimley CofE School
Frimley Green Road, Frimley, Camberley, Surrey, GU16 6ND
0.88 miles
South Camberley Primary and Nursery School
Frimley Road, Camberley, Surrey, GU15 2QB
0.95 miles
Prior Heath Infant School
Prior Road, Camberley, Surrey, GU15 1DA
0.97 miles
Cross Farm Infant Academy
Gresham Way, Frimley Green, Camberley, Surrey, GU16 6LZ
1.19 miles
Lyndhurst School
36 The Avenue, Camberley, GU15 3NE
1.37 miles
Heather Ridge Infant School
Martindale Avenue, Heatherside Estate, Camberley, Surrey, GU15 1AY
1.43 miles
Crawley Ridge Infant School
Crawley Ridge, Camberley, Surrey, GU15 2AJ
1.5 miles
Crawley Ridge Junior School
Graitney, Crawley Ridge, Camberley, Surrey, GU15 2AJ
1.5 miles
Farnborough Grange Nursery & Infant Community School
Moor Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 8HW
1.52 miles
North Farnborough Infant School
Rectory Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 8AJ
1.56 miles
The Ferns Primary Academy
Field Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 9FX
1.68 miles
Cherrywood Community Primary School
Mayfield Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 8LH
1.72 miles
Lorraine Infant School & Nursery
Highland Road, Camberley, Surrey, GU15 4EX
1.78 miles
Grange Community Junior School
Wren Way, Prospect Estate, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 8TA
1.78 miles
Mytchett Primary & Nursery Academy
Hamesmoor Road, Mytchett, Camberley, Surrey, GU16 6JB
1.81 miles
Hawley Primary School
Hawley Road, Blackwater, Camberley, Surrey, GU17 9BH
1.93 miles
Name Distance
Tomlinscote School
Tomlinscote Way, Frimley, Camberley, Surrey, GU16 8PY
0.34 miles
Carwarden House Community School
118 Upper Chobham Road, Camberley, Surrey, GU15 1EJ
0.67 miles
Kings International College
Watchetts Drive, Camberley, Surrey, GU15 2PQ
0.8 miles
Henry Tyndale School
Ship Lane, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 8BX
1.4 miles
The Sixth Form College Farnborough
Prospect Avenue, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 8JX
1.53 miles
Farnborough Hill
Farnborough Road, Farnborough, GU14 8AT
1.62 miles
Bohunt Farnborough
Neville Duke Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 9BY
1.63 miles
Portesbery School
Newfoundland Road, Deepcut, Surrey, GU16 6TA
1.77 miles
Samuel Cody School
Ballantyne Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 8SN
1.89 miles
Collingwood College
Kingston Road, Camberley, Surrey, GU15 4AE
2.04 miles
Hawley Woods School
Fernhill Road, Blackwater, Camberley, Hampshire, GU17 9HU
2.13 miles
Cove School
St John's Road, Cove, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 9RN
2.54 miles
Farnborough College of Technology
Boundary Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 6SB
2.57 miles
Salesian College
119 Reading Road, Farnborough, GU14 6PA
2.87 miles
Sandhurst School
Owlsmoor Road, Owlsmoor, Sandhurst, Berkshire, GU47 0SD
3 miles
The Wavell School
Lynchford Road, The Wavell School, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 6BH
3.5 miles
Frogmore Community College
Potley Hill Road, Yateley, Hampshire, GU46 6AG
3.54 miles
Wellington College Prep
Crowthorne Road, Sandhurst, GU47 8PH
3.86 miles
Edgbarrow School
Grant Road, Crowthorne, Berkshire, RG45 7HZ
3.96 miles
Gordon's School
Bagshot Road, West End, Woking, Surrey, GU24 9PT
3.99 miles

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The Grove Primary Academy is part of The Kite Academy Trust, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does The Grove Primary Academy have?

The Grove Primary Academy has 418 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Grove Primary Academy cover?

The Grove Primary Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is The Grove Primary Academy?

The Grove Primary Academy is at Chobham Road, Frimley, Camberley, Surrey, GU16 8PG.

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