Grove Academy[1]

Secondary · All-through · ages 4–19

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 35 34.9 2025/26[2]
KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard: KS2 50% 50% 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 34.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 24% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 2.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.06 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[5]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Grade 7+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	41.1[6]	36.4%[6]
2023/24	40.4[4]	41.6%[4]		-0.06[4]

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths): 50% 2024/25[3]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths): 2% 2024/25[3]
Reading, average scaled score: 102 2024/25[3]
Maths, average scaled score: 101 2024/25[3]

Earlier years
Year	Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)	Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)	Reading, average scaled score	Maths, average scaled score
2023/24	38%[7]	0%[7]	101[7]	101[7]

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 14 Apr 2026[8]
Type: S5 Inspection[8]
Report published: 7 Jun 2026[8]
Inclusion: Expected standard[8]
Achievement: Needs attention[8]
Safeguarding standards: Met[8]
Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention[8]
Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention[8]
Leadership and governance: Expected standard[8]
Early years (where applicable): Expected standard[8]
Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard[8]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 1.6 Entry Sept 2026[9]
Applications (any preference): 93 Entry Sept 2026[9]
First preferences: 17 Entry Sept 2026[9]
Places offered: 60 Entry Sept 2026[9]
First preferences per place: 0.3 Entry Sept 2026[9]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	124[9]	38[9]	63[9]	2.0[9]	0.6[9]
Entry Sept 2024	95[9]	22[9]	60[9]	1.6[9]	0.4[9]

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place: 1.6 Entry Sept 2026[9]
Applications (any preference): 63 Entry Sept 2026[9]
First preferences: 31 Entry Sept 2026[9]
Places offered: 40 Entry Sept 2026[9]
First preferences per place: 0.8 Entry Sept 2026[9]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	73[9]	35[9]	50[9]	1.5[9]	0.7[9]
Entry Sept 2024	72[9]	29[9]	46[9]	1.6[9]	0.6[9]

Character & practicalities

Type: Free schools[1]
Ages: 4–19[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Capacity: 1940[1]
Trust: THE SLOUGH AND EAST BERKSHIRE C OF E MULTI ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority: Slough[1]
Website: www.groveacademy.co.uk [1]
District: Slough [10]
Postcode: SL1 2SR[1]
URN: 149897[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 1090 2024/25[11]
English as an additional language: 74.5% 2024/25[11]
SEN support: 12.7% 2024/25[11]
EHC plan: 2.7% 2024/25[11]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 31.6% 2024/25[11]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 23.8%[12]
Mixed: 10.3%[12]
Asian: 39.4%[12]
Black: 15.3%[12]
Any other ethnic group: 10.7%[12]
Unclassified: 0.5%[12]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2025/26. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.