Grove Primary School
Pickersleigh Grove, Malvern, WR14 2LU
This school is closed (it closed in June 2025).
It was replaced by Grove Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Acting Head Teacher
- Ms Alice Guest
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 390
- Pupils on roll
- 117
- URN
- 135067
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
About this school
Grove Primary School was a community primary school in Malvern. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 117 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Grove Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2007, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 25 | 21 | 19 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 28% | 48% | 42% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 0% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 48% | 57% | 47% |
| Expected standard in maths | 56% | 71% | 68% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 40% | 71% | 47% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -4.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.70 | - | - |
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 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 | Worcestershire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 28% | 54.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 48% | 56.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 42% | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 151 |
| 2023/24 | 152 |
| 2024/25 | 117 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Grove Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 13% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 26% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 42% | 7% | 56.5% | 117 | — |
| Grove Primary School | — | — | — | 103 | 0.1 miles |
| St Matthias Church of England Primary School | 48% | 6.6% | 49.7% | 162 | 0.6 miles |
| Great Malvern Primary School | 29% | 7.3% | 58.3% | 325 | 0.7 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | 56% | 3.5% | 17.9% | 99 | 0.7 miles |
| Malvern Parish CofE Primary School | 68% | 4% | 14.8% | 207 | 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 56.48%
- English as an additional language
- 17.1%
- Overall absence
- 6.98%
- Persistent absence
- 20.35%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Grove Primary School0.1 miles
Primary · Malvern
-
St Matthias Church of England Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Malvern Link
-
Great Malvern Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Malvern
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Malvern
-
Malvern Parish CofE Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Malvern
Other schools in Malvern
- Castlemorton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Colwall CofE Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Cradley CofE Primary School Primary
- Great Malvern Primary School Primary
- Grove Primary School Primary
- Leigh and Bransford Primary School Primary
- Madresfield CofE Primary School Primary
- Malvern Parish CofE Primary School Primary
- Malvern Wyche CofE Primary School Primary
- Northleigh CofE Primary School Primary
- Somers Park Primary School Primary
- St James' CofE Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Grove Primary School teach?
- Grove Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Malvern.
- Has Grove Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Grove 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 Grove Primary School?
- Grove Primary School had 117 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Grove Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 28% in 2022/23 and 42% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Grove Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Grove 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 9 July 2025.