Grove Wood Primary School
Grove Road, Rayleigh, SS6 8UA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- GROVE WOOD ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Richard Green
- Constituency
- Rayleigh and Wickford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 630
- URN
- 141052
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01268743445
About this school
Grove Wood Primary School is a primary academy in Rayleigh. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 630 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 did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- 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 | 90 | 89 | 92 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 63% | 81% | 65% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 10% | 14% |
| Expected standard in reading | 77% | 90% | 84% |
| Expected standard in maths | 70% | 88% | 74% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 77% | 87% | 85% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 107.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 107.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.20 | - | - |
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 Wood 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 | Essex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 63% | 58.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 81% | 59.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 65% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 630 |
| 2023/24 | 630 |
| 2024/25 | 632 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Grove Wood Primary School compares
Grove Wood Primary School ranked 200th of 388 primary schools in Essex for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 53% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 65% | 4.2% | 9.5% | 630 | — |
| Wyburns Primary School | 45% | 5.7% | 22.2% | 187 | 0.6 miles |
| Edward Francis Primary School | 57% | 4.2% | 9.4% | 423 | 1.0 miles |
| Edwards Hall Primary School | 88% | 4% | 12.7% | 411 | 1.1 miles |
| Rayleigh Primary School | 78% | 4% | 17.9% | 463 | 1.2 miles |
| Lift Westerings | 85% | 3.2% | 7% | 417 | 1.4 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)
- 9.49%
- English as an additional language
- 2.2%
- Overall absence
- 4.2%
- Persistent absence
- 5.28%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Wyburns Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Rayleigh
-
Edward Francis Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Rayleigh
-
Edwards Hall Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Leigh-on-Sea
-
Rayleigh Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Rayleigh
-
Lift Westerings1.4 miles
Primary · Hockley
Other schools in Rayleigh
Grove Wood Primary School ranks 4th of the 8 ranked primary schools in Rayleigh.
- Down Hall Primary School Primary
- Edward Francis Primary School Primary
- Glebe Primary School Primary
- Our Lady of Ransom Catholic Primary School Primary
- Rayleigh Primary School Primary
- St Nicholas Church of England Primary School Primary
- Wyburns Primary School Primary
- The FitzWimarc School Secondary
- The Sweyne Park School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Grove Wood Primary School teach?
- Grove Wood Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Rayleigh.
- Who is the headteacher of Grove Wood Primary School?
- The headteacher of Grove Wood Primary School is Mr Richard Green, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Grove Wood Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Grove Wood 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 Wood Primary School?
- Grove Wood Primary School has 630 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Grove Wood Primary School full?
- Grove Wood Primary School has capacity for 630 pupils and 630 on roll (100%), so it is at or above 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 Wood Primary School a faith school?
- No. Grove Wood Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Grove Wood Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Grove Wood Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Grove Wood Primary School?
- Grove Wood Primary School is part of GROVE WOOD ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Grove Wood Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 63% in 2022/23 and 65% 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 Wood Primary School rank locally?
- Grove Wood Primary School ranked 200th of 388 primary schools in Essex for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 53% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% 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 Wood Primary School's absence rate?
- Grove Wood Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Grove Wood Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Grove Wood 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.