The Grove Junior School
Dark Lane, Harpenden, AL5 1QB
Local ranking58th of 384 primary schools in Hertfordshire
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
360
Capacity
7-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 82.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 19.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 91.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 85.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 86.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 110.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 109.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 109.0
- Cohort Size
- 88
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 355
- Boys
- 172 (48%)
- Girls
- 183 (52%)
- Capacity
- 360 (99% full)
- SEND
- 16.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 9.0%
- EAL
- 12.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.4%
- SEN Support
- 15.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,097/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 2.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 4.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 74.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 4.4%
- White Other: 4.1%
- Other: 4.1%
- Mixed Other: 3.3%
- Asian Chinese: 3.0%
- Asian Indian: 2.2%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.8%
74.3%
White British
4.4%
Mixed White & Asian
4.1%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 117258
- UKPRN
- 10079047
- Establishment No.
- 2299