Grove Primary Academy

Grove Primary Academy is performing well overall, maintaining a good standard since its last inspection. The school fosters a positive environment where pupils are polite, respectful, and exhibit a strong work ethic. Although recent staffing challenges have impacted progress, the leadership team has identified priorities to enhance education quality, and there are effective strategies in place to support pupils' learning and well-being. The curriculum is ambitious, promoting reading and writing strongly among students.

Strengths

• Pupils are polite and respectful.
• Staff effectively manage behaviour using a consistent approach.
• The school prioritizes attendance and is seeing improvements.
• Children in early years settle well and engage in their learning.
• The curriculum is well-sequenced and ambitious for all pupils.
• Effective support is provided for pupils with SEND.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils, particularly those with SEND, do not attend school regularly.
• Inconsistencies exist in assessing pupil learning and understanding.
• Writing instruction lacks consistency across the school.

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 Primary Academy attended 94.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.1% 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, 1.1% of pupils at Grove Primary Academy 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 Grove Primary Academy had 20.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.4% 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, 17.2% of pupils at Grove Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.5% 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 2024–25 Grove Primary Academy received £7,236 and spent £7,274 for each of its 439 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £539,000 (£1,230 per pupil).

Across all 4 schools of St Martin'S Multi Academy Trust, income was £7,729 and spending £7,857 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). 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.

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Grove Primary Academy is part of St Martin'S Multi Academy Trust, which runs 4 schools. The nearest others:

• Field View Primary School Bilston
• St Martin's Church of England Primary School Bilston
• Walsall Wood School Walsall

What is Grove Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Grove Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Grove Primary Academy was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Grove Primary Academy have?

Grove Primary Academy has 441 pupils on roll.

What age range does Grove Primary Academy cover?

Grove Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Grove Primary Academy?

Grove Primary Academy is at Caledonia Road, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV2 1HZ.