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Grove Academy

Slough · SL1 2SR

General information All-through School · 4-19 years Who goes here 990 pupils, 34% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted report card

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Grove Academy

General Information

Address: Ladbrooke Road, Slough, SL1 2SR – View on map
Phone: 01753517359
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Ms Natalie Wismayer
Age range: 4-19 years
Demand for places (Year 7, September 2026): 17 families put it first for 60 places – 3 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2024 4 · 2025 6 · 2026 3
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 31 families put it first for 40 places – 8 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2024 6 · 2025 7 · 2026 8
Sixth form: Yes
Intake: Mixed
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

990 pupils out of 1940 places Plenty of room

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 337
% eligible for free school meals: 34.0%
Pupil mix: 9 in 10 (more mixed than the Slough average)
English as an additional language: 73% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 22.3% a year (Slough 19.2%, typical in England 15.5%)
Where they went: about 64% moved to another school, 36% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 2 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Slough: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 18 (1.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.7)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 1
Suspensions for bullying: 35 (2.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.9)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 4 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.8)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state secondary schools in Slough, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 9.7%
Persistently absent pupils: 32.2%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 12.1%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.0%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 76 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 15 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 13 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 6 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Specific learning difficulty: 17 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 10 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
Physical disability: 2 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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SafeguardingSafeguarding (parent rating)How parents rate the school on keeping children safe - how safe their child feels, and how well concerns are listened to and acted on. It's parents' experience, not an inspection result; Ofsted checks safeguarding separately.

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Educational Attainment

Ofsted report card April 2026

Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.

Safeguarding Met
Inclusion Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching Needs attention
Achievement Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing Expected standard
Early years Expected standard
Leadership and governance Expected standard

Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Inadequate (2022). The report card above replaces that grade.

How Ofsted report cards work

Since November 2025, Ofsted grades each area of a school on its own five-point scale, and no longer gives a single word like “Good” or “Outstanding”. Safeguarding (keeping children safe) is simply met or not met.

Exceptional The very best practice nationally
Strong standard Above what Ofsted expects
Expected standard What Ofsted expects of every school
Needs attention Some weaknesses the school needs to fix
Urgent improvement Serious weaknesses needing urgent action

“Expected standard” is a sound result – it's what Ofsted expects a good school to do. Report cards aren't directly comparable with the old single grades, which is why we don't turn them into one.

SecondaryGCSE results, Year 11

Attainment 8 score: 41.1
Compared with the area: 12.5 points below the Slough average (53.6)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (−7.7 points against an expected 48.8)
Grade 4+ in English and maths: 52% (Slough 73%, England 65%) Broadly steady
Data year: 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

GCSE results over time

This schoolSlough averageEngland→ Broadly steady No clear rise or fall since 2023/24 (changes this small are normal from one year group to the next). In 2024/25 this school was 12.5 points below the Slough average (53.6).

About the Attainment 8 score

Attainment 8 measures a pupil's average result across 8 GCSE-equivalent qualifications (English and maths count double). It shows how pupils performed, not how much progress they made getting there - a school with a higher score doesn't necessarily add more value, since pupils often arrive with different starting points. Progress 8 is the measure designed to account for that, but it currently can't be calculated for any school for the two most recent academic years, due to a nationwide gap in the data caused by COVID-19 disruption to Key Stage 2 testing.

11th of 15 all-through schools in Slough for Attainment 8

#9Ditton Park Academy47.4
#10Slough and Eton Church of England Business and Enterprise College42.1
#11Grove Academy41.1
#12The Westgate School40.6
#13Wexham School39.3

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Attainment 8 ranking

Illustrative MVP scores - not based on verified data yet.

Rank School Score

#1Upton Court Grammar School79.9
#2Langley Grammar School77.6
#3St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School77.3
#4Herschel Grammar School75.8
#5Eden Girls' School, Slough59.4
#6The Langley Academy52.4
#7Baylis Court School51.7
#8St Joseph's Catholic High School50.1
#9Ditton Park Academy47.4
#10Slough and Eton Church of England Business and Enterprise College42.1
#11Grove Academy41.1
#12The Westgate School40.6
#13Wexham School39.3
#14Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy38.3
#15Beechwood School36.0

GCSE Subjects Offered

Maths (General)
English Language
English Literature
Spanish
Geography
Science Double Award
Business Studies
Physics (General)
Chemistry (General)
Biology
History
D & T
Art & Design
Urdu
Photography
Polish
Sports Studies
Computer Science
Arabic
Italian
Turkish
Punjabi
Portuguese
French Language
Persian Language

About this subject list

This isn't the school's own description of its curriculum - it's real DfE exam entry data, showing which GCSE subjects this school's pupils were actually entered for in 2024/25. A subject not appearing here may still be taught but had no pupils entered that year, so treat this as a helpful guide rather than a complete guarantee - it's worth confirming directly with the school for the year your child would actually study.

PrimaryYear 6 SATs results

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 50% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 2% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 20 percentage points below the Slough average (70%)
Expected standard by subject: Reading 62% · Writing 63% · Maths 60% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 52%
Average test scores: reading 102, maths 101
Based on: 52 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolSlough averageEngland↗ Improving Up 12 percentage points since 2023/24. In 2024/25 this school was 20 percentage points below the Slough average (70%).

Year 6 SATs: 24th of 27 junior and primary schools in the area

#22Cippenham School59%
#23St Anthony's Catholic Primary School55%
#24Grove Academy50%
#25Priory School49%
#26St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School47%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Iqra Slough Islamic Primary School90%
#2Khalsa Primary School86%
#3Western House Academy85%
=4Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School83%
=4The Godolphin Junior Academy83%
#6James Elliman Academy80%
#7Montem Academy79%
#8Willow Primary School78%
=9Holy Family Catholic Primary School77%
=9Lynch Hill School Primary Academy77%
=9Marish Primary School77%
#12Our Lady of Peace Catholic Primary and Nursery School74%
=13Colnbrook Church of England Primary School73%
=13The Langley Heritage Primary73%
#15St Mary's Church of England Primary School71%
#16Castleview Primary School70%
=17Langley Hall Primary Academy68%
=17Wexham Court Primary School68%
#19Ryvers School64%
#20Claycots School63%
#21The Langley Academy Primary61%
#22Cippenham School59%
#23St Anthony's Catholic Primary School55%
#24Grove Academy50%
#25Priory School49%
#26St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School47%
#27Foxborough Primary School43%

View full Ofsted inspection report

Financials

Spending per pupil: £7,791 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

7th of 14 all-through schools in Slough for spending per pupil

#5Ditton Park Academy£8,237
#6Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy£7,999
#7Grove Academy£7,791
#8Langley Grammar School£7,743
#9Eden Girls' School, Slough£7,737

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1The Westgate School£9,798
#2Beechwood School£9,757
#3Wexham School£8,492
#4Slough and Eton Church of England Business and Enterprise College£8,294
#5Ditton Park Academy£8,237
#6Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy£7,999
#7Grove Academy£7,791
#8Langley Grammar School£7,743
#9Eden Girls' School, Slough£7,737
#10Herschel Grammar School£7,569
#11The Langley Academy£7,559
#12St Joseph's Catholic High School£7,315
#13Baylis Court School£6,178
#14Upton Court Grammar School£6,075

View on the Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool (GOV.UK)

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General Information

Who goes here

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Behaviour

Across Slough: suspensions by reason

Attendance

SEN

Most common needs - SEN Support

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Educational Attainment

Attainment 8 ranking

GCSE Subjects Offered ?

Year 6 SATs ranking

Financials

Spending Per Pupil ranking

GCSE Subjects Offered