The Grove School
Newcastle Road, Market Drayton, TF9 1HF
Local ranking15th of 21 secondary schools in Shropshire
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Secondary
Phase
1206
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 39.5
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 28.2%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 54.9%
- Entering EBacc
- 36.6%
- EBacc APS
- 3.4
- Cohort Size
- 142
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 81.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Higher education
- 58.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 25.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C-
Avg A-Level Grade
27.8
Avg Points/Entry
26.0
Best 3 A-Levels
36
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 0.0%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 29.0
- 16-18 Cohort
- 85
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 815
- Boys
- 420 (52%)
- Girls
- 395 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1206 (68% full)
- SEND
- 18.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 28.7%
- EAL
- 5.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.2%
- SEN Support
- 16.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 52.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,394/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.1%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.3%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 86.6%
- White Other: 3.9%
- Other: 3.9%
- Mixed Other: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.6%
- Asian Chinese: 0.6%
- Black Caribbean: 0.6%
- White Irish: 0.5%
86.6%
White British
3.9%
White Other
3.9%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 146580
- UKPRN
- 10081958
- Establishment No.
- 4423
- Trust
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