Grove Park Primary School
Hilton Drive, Sittingbourne, ME10 1PT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- BOURNE ALLIANCE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lauren Flain
- Sponsor
- TIMU Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Sittingbourne and Sheppey
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 392
- URN
- 138151
- Local authority
- Kent
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01795477417
About this school
Grove Park Primary School is a primary academy in Sittingbourne. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 392 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Grove Park Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 62 | 60 | 61 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 27% | 32% | 43% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 73% | 60% | 59% |
| Expected standard in maths | 56% | 52% | 46% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 44% | 50% | 56% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 101.0 | 98.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -6.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.80 | - | - |
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 Park 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 | Kent average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 27% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 32% | 60.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 43% | 60.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 412 |
| 2023/24 | 417 |
| 2024/25 | 400 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Grove Park Primary School compares
Grove Park Primary School ranked 389th of 427 primary schools in Kent for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 14% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 43% | 5.6% | 28.3% | 392 | — |
| Bobbing Village School | 75% | 4.1% | 10.1% | 192 | 0.3 miles |
| Westlands Primary School | 67% | 6.1% | 33.8% | 469 | 0.9 miles |
| Regis Manor Primary School | 54% | 6.6% | 31.9% | 616 | 1.0 miles |
| Borden Church of England Primary School | 94% | 4.5% | 26.6% | 138 | 1.0 miles |
| Milton Court Primary Academy | 53% | 8.1% | 56% | 251 | 1.0 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)
- 28.25%
- English as an additional language
- 14%
- Overall absence
- 5.55%
- Persistent absence
- 13.28%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Bobbing Village School0.3 miles
Primary · Sittingbourne
-
Westlands Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Sittingbourne
-
Regis Manor Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Sittingbourne
-
Borden Church of England Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Sittingbourne
-
Milton Court Primary Academy1.0 miles
Primary · Sittingbourne
Other schools in Sittingbourne
Grove Park Primary School ranks 20th of the 23 ranked primary schools in Sittingbourne.
- Bapchild and Tonge Church of England Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Bobbing Village School Primary
- Borden Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bredgar Church of England Primary School Primary
- Canterbury Road Primary School Primary
- Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School Primary
- Holywell Primary School Primary
- Iwade School Primary
- Kemsley Primary Academy Primary
- Lansdowne Primary School Primary
- Lower Halstow Primary School Primary
- Lynsted and Norton Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Grove Park Primary School teach?
- Grove Park Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Sittingbourne.
- Who is the headteacher of Grove Park Primary School?
- The headteacher of Grove Park Primary School is Mrs Lauren Flain, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Grove Park Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Grove Park 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 many pupils are at Grove Park Primary School?
- Grove Park Primary School has 392 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Grove Park Primary School full?
- Grove Park Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 392 on roll (93%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Grove Park Primary School a faith school?
- No. Grove Park Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Grove Park Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Grove Park Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Is Grove Park Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Grove Park Primary School is part of BOURNE ALLIANCE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Grove Park Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 27% in 2022/23 and 43% 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 Park Primary School compare with other schools in Kent?
- Grove Park Primary School ranked 389th of 427 primary schools in Kent for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 14% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% 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 Park Primary School's absence rate?
- Grove Park Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Grove Park Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Grove Park 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 1 July 2026.