Grove School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Birmingham City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Grove School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 25 October 2023. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Grove School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 53% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 2% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 57 first-choice applications for 60 offers, with every applicant offered a place; 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 54.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 52.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham.
- The published admission number for Reception 2027 is 90 places, with 606 pupils on roll in January 2026.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Birmingham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Dawson Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 9HB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 606 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 54.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 25 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils arrive with smiles on their faces, and they are greeted with a smile in return.”
- “The immaculately well-kept school buildings and stunning grounds provide an ‘oasis in the city’.”
- “Pupils feel exceptionally safe and well cared for in school because they are.”
To improve
- “The school recognises that assessment in a small number of subjects does not yet replicate the precise approaches to assessment in other subjects, including reading, writing and mathematics.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 December 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 53% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 57 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 57 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Birmingham.
- William Murdoch Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Boulton 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Rookery School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- James Watt Primary School 0.5 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- St Michael's CofE Primary Academy, Handsworth 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Nishkam Primary School Birmingham 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Benson 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Welford Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published