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The Grove Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMrs Anna Pemberton

location_onTrowbridge, BA14 0JG

language Visit Website phone 1225755242

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2018

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Students

382

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Expected Standard

65%

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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The Grove Primary School is a Community school primary school in Trowbridge, serving ages 4-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 41% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

The Grove Primary School is a community school in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, admitting pupils aged 4-11. The school has approximately 382 pupils on roll.

In 2024, 65% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 8% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #41 of 189 primaries in Wiltshire and #6,101 of 15,713 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2018. The school's current overall rating is Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 1.0× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 23.5:1. There are no current teaching vacancies. Teacher turnover in the previous year was 5.7%.

In the 2023/24 academic year, there was 1 permanent exclusion. The average suspension rate was 0.6 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

65%

LA 57%England 61%

Reading77% LA 74% · Eng 74%

Writing78% LA 70% · Eng 72%

Maths88% LA 69% · Eng 73%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

66%

LA 56%England 60%

Reading76% LA 74% · Eng 73%

Writing74% LA 70% · Eng 71%

Maths88% LA 68% · Eng 73%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.0

Read

LA 0.5

-2.6 to 0.7

0.9

Write

LA -0.1

-0.7 to 2.4

1.0

Maths

LA -0.9

-0.5 to 2.6

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

67%

LA 63%England 65%

Reading72% LA 74% · Eng 73%

Writing82% LA 76% · Eng 78%

Maths89% LA 75% · Eng 79%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

109

Progress (0 = national avg)

-2.1

Read

LA 0.1

-3.7 to -0.5

-0.6

Write

LA -0.4

-2.1 to 0.9

-0.1

Maths

LA -0.8

-1.6 to 1.3

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

71%

LA 62%

Reading82% LA 76%

Writing80% LA 77%

Maths92% LA 72%

Read SS

107

Maths SS

107

GPS SS

110

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.4

Read

LA 0.2

-1.3 to 2.1

-1

Write

LA -0.5

-2.7 to 0.7

1.6

Maths

LA -0.9

0 to 3.2

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

Inspection Report

31 May 2024

Inspection Report

20 November 2018

Inspection Report

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28 January 2015

Inspection Report

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18 June 2013

Inspection Report

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31 January 2013

Inspection Report

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18 May 2011

Inspection Report

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01 July 2008

Inspection Report

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12 July 2004

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2018-11-20

None Legacy

No Judgement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

Development

Leadership

2015-01-28

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2013-01-31

None EIF

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

1.0%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.3%(1 pupils)

Summer term 2024

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

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National average: 1.063% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Summer term of 2024, this school served a headcount of 395 pupils. During this period, there were 4 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 1.0%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2023/24 (Summer term)	395	4	1.0%	0.8%	0
2023/24 (Spring term)	386	0	0.0%	0.7%	0
2023/24 (Autumn term)	384	3	0.8%	0.8%	1
2022/23 (Summer term)	386	1	0.3%	0.7%	0
2022/23 (Spring term)	382	4	1.0%	0.6%	0
2022/23 (Autumn term)	376	2	0.5%	0.6%	0
2021/22 (Summer term)	386	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Spring term)	384	1	0.3%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Autumn term)	380	1	0.3%	0.5%	0
2020/21 (Summer term)	382	1	0.3%	0.4%	0
2020/21 (Spring term)	378	1	0.3%	0.1%	0
2020/21 (Autumn term)	372	1	0.3%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Summer term)	374	0	0.0%	0.0%	0
2019/20 (Spring term)	374	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Autumn term)	364	0	0.0%	0.6%	0
2018/19 (Summer term)	379	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2018/19 (Spring term)	386	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2018/19 (Autumn term)	389	3	0.8%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Summer term)	385	2	0.5%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Spring term)	390	0	0.0%	0.4%	1
2017/18 (Autumn term)	392	11	2.8%	0.5%	0
2016/17 (Summer term)	385	5	1.3%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Spring term)	394	4	1.0%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Autumn term)	393	5	1.3%	0.5%	0