Grove Vale Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Birmingham, Sandwell
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.550 miles
Published by Sandwell Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Grove Vale Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham, Sandwell for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 16 July 2024. Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Grove Vale Primary 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 | 0.550 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last Reception place in 2026 went to a child living 0.550 miles away, the 11th longest of the 22 Sandwell primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 82 first-choice applications for 60 offers: 1.4 first choices per offer, the 3rd highest of 86 Sandwell primary schools.
- Of the Reception 2026 offers, 58 went to first-choice families, and 24 first-choice families (29%) were not offered a place.
- Ofsted rated it Outstanding on 16 July 2024, and in 2024/25, 83% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Sandwell schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Monksfield Avenue, Great Barr, Birmingham, B43 6AL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 421 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 16 July 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils achieve exceptionally well at this inclusive school.”
- “Pupils are happy, well cared for and feel highly valued by their teachers.”
- “The whole school community demonstrates the school’s motto of ‘together we grow’.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 September 2024 (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) | 83% | 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: 82 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 58 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 Sandwell.
- Holy Name Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ferndale Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Hamstead Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Margaret's CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Whitecrest Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Yew Tree Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Pennyhill Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Priory Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published