Grove Academy
Ladbrooke Road, Slough, SL1 2SR
- Phase
- All-through
- School type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 4 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE SLOUGH AND EAST BERKSHIRE C OF E MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Ms Natalie Wismayer
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- The Slough and East Berkshire C of E Multi Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Slough
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,940
- Pupils on roll
- 990
- URN
- 149897
- Local authority
- Slough
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01753517359
About this school
Grove Academy is an all-through academy in Slough. It teaches children aged 4 to 19 and has 990 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 59 | 52 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 38% | 50% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 54% | 62% |
| Expected standard in maths | 61% | 60% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 56% | 52% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 101.0 |
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 77 | 99 |
| Attainment 8 score | 40.4 | 41.1 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.06 -0.42 to +0.29 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 41.6% | 36.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 55.8% | 51.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 57.1% | 94.9% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.9 | 4.0 |
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 Grove Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Slough average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 59.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 38% | 64.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 50% | 65.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | Slough average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 53.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 40.4 | 55.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 41.1 | 55.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 1,032 |
| 2024/25 | 1,090 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Grove Academy compares
Grove Academy ranked 11th of 15 secondary schools in Slough for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 42% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 9% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 41.1 | 9.7% | 31.6% | 990 | — |
| Guru Nanak Sikh Academy | 49.9 | 6.8% | 17.6% | 1,553 | 9.1 miles |
| King's Academy Binfield | 48.6 | 6.1% | 11.1% | 1,500 | 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 |
| St Michael's Catholic School | 49.1 | 6.8% | 17.3% | 2,414 | 10.0 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report14 April 2026
- 16 February 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 31.56%
- English as an additional language
- 74.5%
- Overall absence
- 9.66%
- Persistent absence
- 32.15%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Guru Nanak Sikh Academy9.1 miles
All-through · Hayes
-
King's Academy Binfield9.2 miles
All-through · Bracknell
-
Reach Academy Feltham9.6 miles
All-through · Feltham
-
Reach Academy Hanworth Park9.6 miles
All-through · Feltham
-
St Michael's Catholic School10.0 miles
All-through · High Wycombe
Other schools in Slough
Grove Academy ranks 25th of the 28 ranked primary schools in Slough, and Grove Academy ranks 12th of the 16 ranked secondary schools in Slough.
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Common questions
- What year groups does Grove Academy teach?
- Grove Academy teaches children aged 4 to 19. It is an all-through school in Slough.
- Who is the headteacher of Grove Academy?
- The headteacher of Grove Academy is Ms Natalie Wismayer, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Grove Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Grove Academy, 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 Academy?
- Grove Academy has 990 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 19.
- Is Grove Academy full?
- Grove Academy has capacity for 1,940 pupils and 990 on roll (51%), 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 Academy a faith school?
- No. Grove Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Grove Academy have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Grove Academy as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Grove Academy?
- Grove Academy is part of THE SLOUGH AND EAST BERKSHIRE C OF E 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 Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 38% in 2023/24 and 50% 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 Academy rank locally?
- Grove Academy ranked 11th of 15 secondary schools in Slough for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 42% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 9% 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 Academy's absence rate?
- Grove Academy's overall absence rate is 9.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- 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 15 July 2026.