Grovelands Community Primary School
Dunbar Drive, Hailsham, BN27 3UW
This school is closed (it closed in August 2025).
It was replaced by Grovelands Community Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mr Jon Goulding
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Sussex Weald
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 700
- URN
- 114393
- Local authority
- East Sussex
About this school
Grovelands Community Primary School was a foundation primary school in Hailsham. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 700 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Grovelands Community Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 92 | 92 | 89 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 51% | 50% | 54% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 2% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 64% | 62% | 66% |
| Expected standard in maths | 64% | 63% | 64% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 61% | 55% | 56% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 102.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 100.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.50 | - | - |
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 Grovelands Community 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 | East Sussex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 51% | 54.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 56.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 54% | 57.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 697 |
| 2023/24 | 699 |
| 2024/25 | 700 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Grovelands Community Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 28% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 54% | 6.2% | 26.3% | 700 | — |
| Grovelands Community Primary School | — | — | — | 694 | 0.0 miles |
| Hawkes Farm Academy | 74% | 6.5% | 28% | 328 | 0.6 miles |
| White House Academy | 68% | 8.1% | 38.7% | 190 | 0.7 miles |
| Thornton Grove Academy | — | — | — | 253 | 1.0 miles |
| Hellingly Community Primary School | — | — | — | 195 | 1.3 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 26.29%
- English as an additional language
- 4.1%
- Overall absence
- 6.23%
- Persistent absence
- 14.59%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Grovelands Community Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Hailsham
-
Hawkes Farm Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Hailsham
-
White House Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Hailsham
-
Thornton Grove Academy1.0 miles
Primary · Hailsham
-
Hellingly Community Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Hailsham
Other schools in Hailsham
- Grovelands Community Primary School Primary
- Hawkes Farm Academy Primary
- Hellingly Community Primary School Primary
- Herstmonceux Church of England Primary School Primary
- Park Mead Primary School Primary
- Thornton Grove Academy Primary
- White House Academy Primary
- Hailsham Academy All-through
- East Sussex Academy Academies
- The Ropemakers' Academy Free Schools
- Bede's Senior School Independent schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Grovelands Community Primary School teach?
- Grovelands Community Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Hailsham.
- Has Grovelands Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Grovelands Community Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Grovelands Community Primary School?
- Grovelands Community Primary School had 700 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Grovelands Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 51% in 2022/23 and 54% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Grovelands Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Grovelands Community 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 31 August 2025.