The Grove
Downhills Park Road, Tottenham, London, N17 6AR
- Phase
- Free Schools
- School type
- Free schools special
- Ages
- 5 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- SEARCH EDUCATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Ms Lucia Santi
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Search Education Trust
- Constituency
- Tottenham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 125
- Pupils on roll
- 158
- URN
- 145917
- Local authority
- Haringey
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02038766555
About this school
The Grove is a special academy in London. It teaches children aged 5 to 19 and has 158 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected The Grove, 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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- 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 | 5 | 8 | 16 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | - | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | - | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | - | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | - | 13% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | - | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | 112.0 | - |
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 7 | 14 | 16 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | 5.6 | 0.6 |
| Progress 8 score | - | -1.64 -2.41 to -0.87 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | 7.1% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | 0.6 | 0.0 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How The Grove has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Haringey average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 65.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 64% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 68.5% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | Haringey average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 40.3 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 5.6 | 41.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 0.6 | 36.4 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 14.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 122 |
| 2023/24 | 128 |
| 2024/25 | 147 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 50.39%
- English as an additional language
- 7.5%
- Overall absence
- 14.16%
- Persistent absence
- 35.43%
Location
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-
The Brook Special Primary School0.6 miles
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Area 51 Education Ltd0.8 miles
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Riverside School0.9 miles
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Common questions
- What ages does The Grove teach?
- The Grove teaches children aged 5 to 19. It is a special school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of The Grove?
- The headteacher of The Grove is Ms Lucia Santi, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has The Grove been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Grove, 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 The Grove?
- The Grove has 158 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 19.
- Is The Grove full?
- The Grove has capacity for 125 pupils and 158 on roll (126%), 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 The Grove a faith school?
- No. The Grove has no designated religious character.
- Is The Grove a selective school?
- No. The Grove is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is The Grove part of an academy trust?
- The Grove is part of SEARCH EDUCATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have The Grove's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2023/24 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is The Grove's absence rate?
- The Grove's overall absence rate is 14.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Grove's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Grove'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 10 July 2026.