Bishop Wood Church of England Junior School, TringGrove Road Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Tring.

Summary of the comparison

Bishop Wood Church of England Junior School, Tring and Grove Road Primary School are primary schools in Tring.

  • Bishop Wood Church of England Junior School, Tring scores 63 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Grove Road Primary School scores 68 out of 100 (grade C, average). Grove Road Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Bishop Wood Church of England Junior School, Tring was judged Good and Grove Road Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 68.0% for Bishop Wood Church of England Junior School, Tring and 70.0% for Grove Road Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Bishop Wood Church of England Junior School, Tring (84.0% in 2022-23, 68.0% in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at Grove Road Primary School (68.0% in 2022-23, 70.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Bishop Wood Church of England Junior School, Tring versus Grove Road Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure TringBishop Wood Church of England Junior School, TringTringGrove Road Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC63/100C68/100Stronger figure
Local ranking139th of 391 in Hertfordshire 91st of 391 in Hertfordshire Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeVoluntary aided school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range7-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll243 454
Capacity240 420
LocationTring, HP23 5AU Tring, HP23 5PD
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard68.0% 70.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard22.0% Stronger figure5.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score108.0 109.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score105.0 105.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census243 454
Free school meals (ever 6)13.2% 7.6%
English as an additional language5.3% 3.5%
SEN support13.6% 8.6%
SEN with an EHC plan2.5% 1.5%
Attendance
Overall absence4.4% 3.3% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence11.3% 3.0% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Bishop Wood Church of England Junior School, Tring

Grove Road Primary School

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