Grove Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Wolverhampton
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
16.390 miles
Published by City of Wolverhampton Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2023 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Grove Primary Academy is a primary school in Wolverhampton for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 May 2024. Wolverhampton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2025 entry.
Grove Primary Academy 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 2025 | 16.390 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2025, the last distance offered was 16.390 miles, the longest of 17 Wolverhampton primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance (middle figure 0.71 miles).
- Reception 2026 had 47 first-choice applications for 57 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 10 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 57% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Wolverhampton.
- In 2024/25, 0% of pupils reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Wolverhampton schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Caledonia Road, Wolverhampton, WV2 1HZ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Wolverhampton
- Pupils on roll
- 441 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 54.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 May 2024
Strengths
- “The values of ‘honesty, respect and trust’ are at the heart of daily life at Grove Primary Academy.”
- “Pupils are polite and respectful.”
- “They work hard in lessons and do their best.”
To improve
- “Turbulence in staffing has hampered the school’s progress in recent years.”
- “However, sometimes teachers do not check how well pupils understand what has been taught over time.”
- “This means that teachers are not always clear on how well pupils have learned the curriculum and do not identify what pupils need to do to improve.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 June 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) | 57% | 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: 47 first-preference applications, 57 offers in total, 47 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 Wolverhampton.
- SS Mary and John's Catholic Primary Academy 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Luke's Church of England Aided Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Graiseley Primary School 0.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Parkfield Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Rosary Catholic Primary Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Eastfield Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Goldthorn Park Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published