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Grove Academy

Ladbrooke Road, Slough, SL1 2SR

This school is closed (it closed in August 2023).

It was replaced by Grove Academy. That page has the school's current information.

Phase
All-through
School type
Free schools
Ages
4 to 19
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Headteacher
Ms Natalie Wismayer
SEN provision
SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
Constituency
Slough
Setting
(England/Wales) Urban city and town
Capacity
1,940
Pupils on roll
948
URN
144748
Local authority
Slough

About this school

Grove Academy was an all-through academy in Slough. It taught children aged 4 to 19 and had 948 pupils on roll.

Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.

Ofsted judgement

Grove Academy has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2017, 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
Pupils at the end of key stage 2 30
Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths 50%
Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths 3%
Expected standard in reading 53%
Expected standard in maths 63%
Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling 57%
Average scaled score in reading 101.0
Average scaled score in maths 101.0
Reading progress +2.70
Writing progress -0.90
Maths progress +1.80

Key stage 4 (GCSEs)

Measure 2022/23
Pupils at the end of key stage 4 77
Attainment 8 score 38.8
Progress 8 score -0.37 -0.74 to 0.00
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 38%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths 51%
Entered the English Baccalaureate 74%
English Baccalaureate average point score 3.7

How Grove Academy compares

Its absence rate was lower than 8% of England schools in 2022/23.

School Attainment 8 (2024/25) Absence FSM (6 years) Pupils Distance
This school — 10.2% 28.9% 948 —
Grove Academy 41.1 9.7% 31.6% 990 0.0 miles
King's Academy Binfield 48.6 6.1% 11.1% 1,500 9.1 miles
Guru Nanak Sikh Academy 49.9 6.8% 17.6% 1,553 9.2 miles
Reach Academy Feltham 60.8 6.2% 42.6% 979 9.6 miles
Reach Academy Hanworth Park — 2.8% 28.7% 326 9.6 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 2022/23 school census and absence figures.

Free school meals (last 6 years)
28.9%
English as an additional language
72.8%
Overall absence
10.2%
Persistent absence
37.4%

Location

Nearby schools

Other schools in Slough

Common questions

What year groups does Grove Academy teach?
Grove Academy taught children aged 4 to 19. It was an all-through school in Slough.
Has Grove Academy been inspected?
Ofsted has not inspected Grove Academy 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 Academy?
Grove Academy had 948 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 19.
What are Grove Academy's exam results?
Where the Department for Education has published them, Grove Academy'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 14 September 2023.