The Grove Primary Academy

About The Grove Primary Academy

The Grove Primary Academy sits within the Surrey Heath area of Surrey, a local authority where 33 primary schools currently hold an Outstanding rating from Ofsted. The school itself ranks 6th out of 13 primary schools in Surrey Heath based on the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at key stage 2. Among its closest peers in the local authority, it sits behind top-ranked schools such as South Farnham School, The Raleigh School and Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School. The Grove is a state-funded mixed primary for children aged 4 to 11, with no religious character, and is led by headteacher Lynn Wicksey. With 419 pupils on roll against a capacity of 420, it is effectively full, and its most recent Ofsted inspection in June 2024 confirmed the school remains Good, an improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating in 2011.

In the 2023/24 academic year, 65% of pupils at The Grove met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at key stage 2, just below the Surrey local authority average of 66%. The school’s reading and maths average scaled scores were 106 and 105 respectively, both above the national benchmark of 100. However, only 6% of pupils achieved the higher standard across all three subjects, which is notably lower than the 29% who reached the higher threshold in maths alone and the 29% who did so in reading. Writing at the higher standard was achieved by just 8% of pupils. The school’s Ofsted report from June 2024 rated both leadership and management and overall effectiveness as Good, with the school having been judged to require improvement in its previous graded inspection in 2013. The ungraded inspection confirmed the school remains Good, and inspectors noted no change in the quality of education since the last graded visit.

The school is well equipped with facilities including a sports hall, gymnasium, playing fields, ICT suite, music rooms and a chapel. Sports on offer include swimming, dance, cross country, tennis and rounders, while clubs range from art and drama to science, film, book and choir. For children with additional needs, the school provides support for moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, and autistic spectrum disorder, and it also has a dedicated SEN unit. The Grove is oversubscribed for the 2025/26 intake, with 121 applications for 49 places and 34 first-preference offers, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.47. This level of demand suggests a school that local families actively seek out, particularly those looking for a Good-rated primary with strong facilities and a broad range of extracurricular activities within the Surrey Heath area.

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