Grove Academy
Primary performance (KS2 SATs)
Three-year trends
Last three years of DfE data. How to read trends
Getting a place
Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this
Every child who put Grove Academy 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).
Getting a place
Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this
Every child who put Grove Academy 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).
Secondary performance (KS4 GCSE)
Grove Academy is an all-through school covering ages 4–19, so it has two sets of results. The headline score above reflects its primary (KS2) results, ranked against other primaries; its GCSE (KS4) results — ranked separately against other secondaries — are shown here.
Three-year trends
Last three years of DfE data. How to read trends
Ofsted judgements
School profile
- Age range
- 4–19
- Pupils on roll
- 1,090
- Gender
- Mixed
Pupil background
Special educational needs
Attendance
Staffing & funding
“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means
Nearby primary schools
Location
Official sources
About Grove Academy
Grove Academy is an all-through school in Slough, classified by the DfE as a free school. Around 1,090 pupils aged 4 to 19 attend the school. The school holds an 'Inadequate' judgement from Ofsted. 50% 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 12.0 percentage points year on year. At GCSE, the school's average Attainment 8 score was 41.1, below the national average of 46. On our composite score, Grove Academy ranks in the lower half of primary schools nationally for its primary (KS2) results. For its secondary (KS4) results, it ranks in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.
Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 102 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 2% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). At Key Stage 4, 36% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Grove Academy their first choice was offered one of its 40 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 9.3%. There are about 35.8 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Grove Academy, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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.