Grove Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Lowestoft, Suffolk
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.053 miles
Published by Suffolk County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Grove Primary School is a primary school in Lowestoft, Suffolk for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 October 2022. Suffolk has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
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 | 1.053 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Reception 2026 the last distance offered was 1.053 miles, the 20th shortest of 48 Suffolk primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 1.55 miles).
- In 2024/25, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 there were 45 first-choice applications for 43 offers; 43 offers went to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In the January 2026 school census, 17.1% of pupils were eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Suffolk is 31.7%.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Suffolk schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Framfield Road, Carlton Colville, Lowestoft, NR33 8RQ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Suffolk
- Pupils on roll
- 304 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 October 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and proud to attend Grove Primary.”
- “The school is a welcoming community with a strong focus on accepting everyone and celebrating people’s differences.”
- “Pupils are polite and friendly.”
To improve
- “Sometimes teachers do not always have the information they need to plan lessons that build on what pupils have learned before.”
- “This means that pupils do not remember as easily what they have learned in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 December 2022 (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) | 68% | 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: 45 first-preference applications, 43 offers in total, 43 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 Suffolk.
- Elm Tree Primary School 0.7 mi Good
- Westwood Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good
- Carlton Colville Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Dell Primary School 1.0 mi Good
- Pakefield Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Phoenix St Peter Academy 1.6 mi Not judged
- Oulton Broad Primary School 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Red Oak Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next