Kingshill Church SchoolGrove Junior School

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

Summary of the comparison

Kingshill Church School and Grove Junior School are primary schools in Nailsea.

  • Kingshill Church School scores 36 out of 100 (grade F, weak) and Grove Junior School scores 57 out of 100 (grade C, average). Grove Junior School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Kingshill Church School was judged Good and Grove Junior 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 32.0% for Kingshill Church School and 65.0% for Grove Junior School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Kingshill Church School (41.0% in 2022-23, 32.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at Grove Junior School (75.0% in 2022-23, 65.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Kingshill Church School versus Grove Junior School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure NailseaKingshill Church SchoolNailseaGrove Junior SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreF36/100C57/100Stronger figure
Local ranking56th of 63 in North Somerset 24th of 63 in North Somerset Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy sponsor led Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 7-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll112 242
Capacity210 240
LocationNailsea, BS48 2NP Nailsea, BS48 4YZ
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard32.0% 65.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard5.0% 7.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score102.0 105.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score101.0 104.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census112 242
Free school meals (ever 6)30.4% 12.4%
English as an additional language10.7% 7.9%
SEN support13.4% 10.3%
SEN with an EHC plan10.7% 6.2%
Attendance
Overall absence8.1% 4.0% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence19.6% 6.6% 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.

Kingshill Church School

Grove Junior School

Full profiles: Kingshill Church School · Grove Junior School