Grovelands Community Primary School

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Grovelands Community Primary School, inspected in February 2020.

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).

In 2025–26 Grovelands Community Primary School had 19.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7).

Pupils per teacher

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, 29.5% of pupils at Grovelands Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.0% 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.

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All schools in Hailsham · East Sussex local authority: places and applications

Grovelands Community Primary School is part of Wandle Learning Trust, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

• Hellingly Community Primary School Hailsham
• Paxton Academy Sports And Science Thornton Heath
• Kensington Avenue Primary School Thornton Heath
• Norbury High School for Girls Thornton Heath
• Fircroft Primary School London
• Ravenstone Primary School London
• Chestnut Grove Academy London
• Swaffield School London
• Chesterton Primary School London
• Thomson House School London

What is Grovelands Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Grovelands Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in February 2020 of its predecessor, Grovelands Community Primary School.

When was Grovelands Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Grovelands Community Primary School was last inspected in September 2025.

How many pupils does Grovelands Community Primary School have?

Grovelands Community Primary School has 694 pupils on roll.

What age range does Grovelands Community Primary School cover?

Grovelands Community Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

Where is Grovelands Community Primary School?

Grovelands Community Primary School is at Dunbar Drive, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 3UW.