Grove Academy
All-through · Free schools · Mixed · Slough
Ladbrooke Road, Slough, SL1 2SR
58
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Inadequate
Graded 16/02/2022
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
90.3%
32.1% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
990
Capacity used
Has space51%
1,940 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
35 of 35 families who put it first got an offer
50
Places offered
73
Total applications
1.5
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 35 | 35 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 16 | 3 | ● 19% |
| 3rd preference | 22 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 73 | 38 | 52% |
1st preference success by year
Slough lets families list 3 preferences. Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- Age range
- 4–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Headteacher
- Natalie Wismayer
- Address
- Ladbrooke Road, Slough, SL1 2SR
- Phone
- 01753517359
- Local authority
- Slough
- Ward / constituency
- Chalvey · Slough
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 149897
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 34% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 72% | — | — |
| SEN support | 14% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: THE SLOUGH AND EAST BERKSHIRE C OF E MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
990 pupils · 1,940 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 26
14 April 2026
S5 Inspection · report card
Inclusion Expected standard Achievement Needs attention Safeguarding standards Met Curriculum and teaching Needs attention Attendance and behaviour Needs attention Leadership and governance Expected standard Early years Expected standard Personal development and wellbeing Expected standard Post-16 provision Not applicable - 22
16 February 2022
Full graded inspection
Inadequate overall effectivenessEarly years Good Personal development Requires improvement Quality of education Requires improvement Safeguarding effective No Behaviour and attitudes Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,188 pupils
Attendance
90.3%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
9.7%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
32.1%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
6.1%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
4.3%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
Primary results (Key Stage 2)
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 38% | — | — |
| Higher standard | 0% | — | — |
| Reading progress | — | — | 0.0 |
| Writing progress | — | — | 0.0 |
| Maths progress | — | — | 0.0 |
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 40.4 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.06 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 42% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 56% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.87 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
Primary results by subject (SATs)
Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England
Reading, writing & maths combined
Reading
Writing
Maths
Grammar, punctuation & spelling
Science
England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).
Primary results over time
Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Expected standard (RWM) | 50% | 61% |
| Higher standard | 2% | 8% |
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 41.1 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 36.4% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 51.5% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 94.9% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.03 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 99 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 99 | 15% | 41% | 62% | |
| English Language | 99 | 13% | 36% | 52% | |
| English Literature | 95 | 20% | 45% | 60% | |
| Spanish | 83 | 5% | 18% | 37% | |
| Geography | 75 | 4% | 17% | 32% | |
| Combined Science | 74 | 4% | 18% | 36% | |
| Business | 40 | 25% | 38% | 65% | |
| Art and Design | 30 | 27% | 60% | 70% | |
| Biology | 24 | 46% | 100% | 100% | |
| Physics | 24 | 42% | 96% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 24 | 50% | 96% | 100% | |
| History | 22 | 45% | 50% | 55% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Slough council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Reception (primary) | 15 January | 16 April (or next working day) |
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.