Grove Church of England School

Primary · state · Church of England · ages 4–11 · 182 pupils · OX12 7PW · OXFORD DIOCESAN SCHOOLS TRUST

Requires improvementOfstedInspected Sept 2024

4%KS2 higher standardEngland median 7%

0.8Applications per placeFirst choices, Reception 2026

50%KS2 expected standardEngland median 64%

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23.6% of pupils eligible for free school meals.

Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement

Results at age 11 (2024/25)

% meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths50% (typical 64%)

% at the higher standard in reading, writing and maths4% (typical 7%)

% meeting the expected standard, 3-year average (2023–2025)47% (typical 62%)

Average scaled scores: reading 105, maths 102.

How hard is it to get in?

For Reception in September 2026, 7 families put it first for 9 places (0.8 first choices per place, places to spare). 100% of the families who put it first got a place.

Entry	Places	First choices	Per place	First choices offered a place
Reception, 2024	15	15	1.0	100%
Reception, 2025	14	14	1.0	100%
Reception, 2026	9	7	0.8	100%

Money

£6,545spent per pupil (typical primary £7,238)

78%of spending on staff, 47% on teachers

£117krevenue reserve (8.7% of a year's income)

£107ksurplus in the year

Income £1.3m, spending £1.2m (September 2024 to August 2025, 189 pupils).

Run by Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust, a trust of 43 academies and 9,016 pupils. The trust holds reserves of £6.9m, 10.7% of its income. Its accounts at Companies House.

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About these figures

Typical means the median state-funded school in England. In the bars, the fill is this school and the black line is the typical school.
Scaled scores: 100 is the expected standard and 120 is the top.
Applications per place are first choices. They are national offer day figures; places can change later through waiting lists and appeals.
Living nearby doesn't guarantee a place. Admissions are set by the council or the school, and rules such as catchment, siblings and faith decide who gets in: check its admissions policy and how far away the last places went in recent years.
Spending per pupil mostly follows funding for deprivation, special needs and London weighting, so higher isn't the same as better. Small schools and sixth forms cost more per pupil.

Department for Education performance data 2024/25 and register of schools; Ofsted inspections to August 2026. Open Government Licence. Applications: DfE applications and offers. Money: Department for Education academies accounts return, 2024-25; Open Government Licence.

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How hard is it to get in?

For Reception in September 2026, 7 families put it first for 9 places (0.8 first choices per place, places to spare). 100% of the families who put it first got a place.

Entry

Places

First choices

Per place

First choices offered a place

Reception, 2024

1.0

100%

Reception, 2025

1.0

100%

Reception, 2026

0.8

100%

Money

£6,545spent per pupil (typical primary £7,238)

78%of spending on staff, 47% on teachers

£117krevenue reserve (8.7% of a year's income)

£107ksurplus in the year

Income £1.3m, spending £1.2m (September 2024 to August 2025, 189 pupils).

Run by Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust, a trust of 43 academies and 9,016 pupils. The trust holds reserves of £6.9m, 10.7% of its income. Its accounts at Companies House.