Primary school

The Grove Primary School

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  • ages 5–11
  • Mixed
  • Leicestershire
  • LE13 0HN
Ofsted Good · inspected Jan 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 10,677 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 71%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 87%87%2016/17: top 92%2017/18: top 76%2018/19: top 63%63% · 2018/192022/23: top 95%2023/24: top 82%2024/25: top 71%No exams

Against East Midlands

Expected standard, RWM56% · East Midlands 63%4/10 Below
Higher standard, RWM3% · East Midlands 6%3/10 Below
Reading score106 · East Midlands 1056/10 Middle
Maths score104 · East Midlands 1044/10 Below
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 34% · 29 pupils · East Midlands 53%2016/17: 39% · 31 pupils · East Midlands 61%2017/18: 55% · 31 pupils · East Midlands 64%2018/19: 63% · 24 pupils · East Midlands 65%2022/23: 33% · 30 pupils · East Midlands 59%2023/24: 48% · 29 pupils · East Midlands 61%2024/25: 56% · 36 pupils · East Midlands 63%63%33%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 0% · 29 pupils · East Midlands 3%2016/17: 0% · 31 pupils · East Midlands 7%2017/18: 10% · 31 pupils · East Midlands 8%2018/19: 4% · 24 pupils · East Midlands 9%2022/23: 0% · 30 pupils · East Midlands 6%2023/24: 3% · 29 pupils · East Midlands 6%2024/25: 3% · 36 pupils · East Midlands 6%10%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 96 · 29 pupils · East Midlands 1022016/17: 97 · 31 pupils · East Midlands 1042017/18: 101 · 31 pupils · East Midlands 1052018/19: 100 · 24 pupils · East Midlands 1042022/23: 101 · 30 pupils · East Midlands 1052023/24: 103 · 29 pupils · East Midlands 1052024/25: 106 · 36 pupils · East Midlands 10510696No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 101 · 29 pupils · East Midlands 1032016/17: 99 · 31 pupils · East Midlands 1042017/18: 102 · 31 pupils · East Midlands 1042018/19: 103 · 24 pupils · East Midlands 1052022/23: 103 · 30 pupils · East Midlands 1042023/24: 106 · 29 pupils · East Midlands 1042024/25: 104 · 36 pupils · East Midlands 10410699No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
22 of 22 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st2222
2nd150
3rd150

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2007–2023

  1. 2007Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2009Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2012Requires improvementas predecessor
  4. 2017Inadequate
  5. 2018Ungraded visit
  6. 2019Ungraded visit
  7. 2019Requires improvement
  8. 2023Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026187
Free school meals (past 6 years)60.6%
First language not English22.8%
SEN support22.3%
EHC plan3.1%
Absence (sessions missed)6.1%
Persistently absent pupils15.7%

Girls 47.7%Boys 52.3%

70.3% full · 266 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher26.0
Pupils per adult10.4
  • Classroom teachers 5.4
  • Leadership 1.8
  • Teaching assistants 10.1
  • Other support 5.7

Teachers 7.2 FTE · Whole workforce 22.9 · 36 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£8,824
Spend per pupil£8,202
Staff spend per pupil£6,622
Reserve per pupil£1,057
  • +£204,000revenue reserve
  • +£120,000in-year balance

Grants £8,834 · self-generated £26 · premises £601 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: MOWBRAY EDUCATION TRUST LIMITED (8 academies) · trust reserve £2,711,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it