The Grove School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Totnes, Devon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Devon County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
The Grove School is a primary school in Totnes, Devon for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 November 2023. Devon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
The 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 had 42 first-choice applications for 42 offers, against a published admission number of 45 places, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 225 of the 298 other Devon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2024/25, 85% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 23% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 2024/25 reading, writing and maths results ranked 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Devon.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Devon schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- The Grove, Totnes, TQ9 5ED
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Devon
- Pupils on roll
- 342 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 November 2023
Strengths
- “The Grove is a caring and inclusive school with an ethos of compassion and understanding.”
- “The school is ambitious and expects all pupils to do their very best.”
- “Pupils and staff have positive relationships.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects in the wider curriculum, misconceptions are not addressed as quickly as they could be.”
- “Assessment is not always used effectively to check what pupils know and can do.”
- “As a result, pupils do not build their knowledge as securely as in the core subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 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) | 85% | 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: 42 first-preference applications, 42 offers in total, 42 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 Devon.
- Totnes St John's Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Dartington Church of England Academy 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Berry Pomeroy Parochial CofE Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Harbertonford Church of England Primary School 2.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Stoke Gabriel Primary School 3.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Broadhempston Village Primary School 3.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Landscove Church of England Primary School 4.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Ipplepen Primary School 4.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published