Grove Road Primary School
Cromwell Road, Hounslow, TW3 3QQ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Grace Beckford
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Brentford and Isleworth
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 236
- Pupils on roll
- 233
- URN
- 102519
- Local authority
- Hounslow
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02085706132
About this school
Grove Road Primary School is a community primary school in Hounslow. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 233 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 30 | 25 | 27 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 73% | 56% | 44% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 0% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 87% | 64% | 48% |
| Expected standard in maths | 90% | 68% | 44% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 80% | 60% | 48% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 101.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 104.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +4.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +4.90 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Grove Road Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Hounslow average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 73% | 60.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 56% | 64.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 44% | 64.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 232 |
| 2023/24 | 234 |
| 2024/25 | 234 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Grove Road Primary School compares
Grove Road Primary School ranked 47th of 47 primary schools in Hounslow for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 15% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 41% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 44% | 5.9% | 23.1% | 233 | — |
| The Orchard Primary School | 70% | 6.7% | 19.4% | 624 | 0.2 miles |
| St Michael and St Martin Catholic Primary School | 93% | 4.7% | 6.3% | 475 | 0.3 miles |
| Hounslow Heath School | 66% | 5.1% | 15.8% | 1,178 | 0.6 miles |
| Wellington Primary School | 85% | 5.2% | 15.1% | 693 | 0.7 miles |
| Chatsworth Primary School | 74% | 6.1% | 14.1% | 594 | 0.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 23.08%
- English as an additional language
- 65.4%
- Overall absence
- 5.87%
- Persistent absence
- 15.46%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Orchard Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Hounslow
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St Michael and St Martin Catholic Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Hounslow
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Hounslow Heath School0.6 miles
Primary · Hounslow
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Wellington Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Hounslow
-
Chatsworth Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Hounslow
Other schools in Hounslow
Grove Road Primary School ranks 16th of the 16 ranked primary schools in Hounslow.
- Alexandra Primary School Primary
- Beavers Community Primary School Primary
- Berkeley Academy Primary
- Chatsworth Primary School Primary
- Cranford Primary School Primary
- Edison Primary School Primary
- Heston Primary School Primary
- Hounslow Heath School Primary
- Hounslow Town Primary School Primary
- Springwell School Primary
- St Michael and St Martin Catholic Primary School Primary
- The Orchard Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Grove Road Primary School teach?
- Grove Road Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Hounslow.
- Who is the headteacher of Grove Road Primary School?
- The headteacher of Grove Road Primary School is Mrs Grace Beckford, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Grove Road Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Grove Road Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Grove Road Primary School?
- Grove Road Primary School has 233 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Grove Road Primary School full?
- Grove Road Primary School has capacity for 236 pupils and 233 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Grove Road Primary School a faith school?
- No. Grove Road Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Grove Road Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Grove Road Primary School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Grove Road Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Grove Road Primary School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Grove Road Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 73% in 2022/23 and 44% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Grove Road Primary School rank locally?
- Grove Road Primary School ranked 47th of 47 primary schools in Hounslow for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 15% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 41% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Grove Road Primary School's absence rate?
- Grove Road Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Grove Road Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Grove Road Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.