Grove Road Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Tring, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.59 miles
Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Grove Road Primary School is a primary school in Tring, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 27 April 2022. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Grove Road 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 | 0.59 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.48 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.49 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.45 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.97 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.49 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.73 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 1.37 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 1.77 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.49 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 1.49 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 1.71 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place as a child for whom this is the nearest school lived 0.59 miles away.
- The 2026 Reception distance was further from the school than in 2025 and nearer than in 2015, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 54 first-choice applications for 59 offers; 51 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 70% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hertfordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Grove Road, Tring, HP23 5PD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 443 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 27 April 2022
Strengths
- “Grove Road Primary School is a place where children feel happy and well cared for.”
- “Pupils say that they are taught that it is ‘good to be different’.”
- “They like the way that staff make them feel ‘unique’.”
To improve
- “On occasion, the activities chosen for pupils to practise their phonics knowledge do not help all pupils to remember what is taught as well as they might.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 June 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) | 70% | 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: 54 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 51 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 Hertfordshire.
- Dundale Primary School and Nursery 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bishop Wood Church of England Junior School, Tring 0.7 mi Good
- Goldfield Infants' and Nursery School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Bartholomew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Wigginton 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Aldbury Church of England Primary and Nursery School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Long Marston VA Church of England Primary and Nursery School 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary's CofE Primary School, Northchurch 3.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Westfield Primary School 3.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
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