Guildford Grove Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Guildford, Surrey·GU2 8YD
Composite score
38.5
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#11,406
National rank
#1702
In South East
#197
In Surrey
Top 77%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
52%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
24 first choices, 29 places
First choices per place
0.83
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
56
any preference, for 29 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.03
00.511.5
1 per place
0.7120220.8220230.9020240.8020250.832026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Guildford Grove Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
363
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
38.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
36.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
22.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
10.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
20.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,975
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Guildford Grove Primary School at a glance

Located in Guildford, Surrey, Guildford Grove Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 363 pupils aged 3 to 11. 52% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 9.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Guildford Grove Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 29 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 7.3%. There are about 16.7 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 38% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Guildford Grove Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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