The Grove Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.825 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2021–2026 (miles)
The Grove Primary School is a primary school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 November 2023. Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
The Grove 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 | 0.825 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.567 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.641 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.28 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.681 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.825 miles away, the 14th shortest of 62 Cambridgeshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception last distances swung sharply between some years; the 2026 figure was the longest of the 5 years, and further from the school than in 2025 or 2021.
- Reception 2026 had 30 first-choice applications for 29 offers: 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (3%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 56% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Cambridgeshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Cambridgeshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Campkin Road, Cambridge, CB4 2NB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 224 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and well cared for at The Grove.”
- “They are kind to one another and look after each other at playtimes.”
- “From the start of early years, children establish routines that set them up well for their time in school.”
To improve
- “A few subject leaders are still developing their assessment processes to help them to monitor and evaluate the impact of the new curriculum plans that are in place.”
- “However, in a small number of subjects, their expertise is less secure.”
- “In these areas, teachers do not adapt lessons or check whether pupils have gaps in their knowledge as effectively.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 January 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) | 56% | 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: 30 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 29 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 Cambridgeshire.
- Kings Hedges Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Laurence Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Good
- Arbury Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Milton Road Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Chesterton Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Orchard Park Community Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shirley Community Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Luke's CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Requires improvement