Grove Academy
All-through · Free schools · Ages 4–19 · Slough
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.018 miles
Published by Slough Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Grove Academy is an all-through school in Slough for ages 4–19 (free schools). Slough has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Grove 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 2026 | 1.018 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last Reception place in 2026 went to a child living 1.018 miles away; the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- The Reception last distance has swung sharply between years, and the biggest move was from 2022 to 2025.
- For Reception 2026 there were 31 first-choice applications for 40 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 9 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Of the 990 pupils on roll in January 2026, 34% are eligible for free school meals, and there are 21.3 pupils per teacher.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Slough schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Ladbrooke Road, Slough, SL1 2SR
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 4–19
- Council
- Slough
- Pupils on roll
- 990 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 14 April 2026
Strengths
- “This is a warm and very welcoming school.”
- “Pupils have a clear sense of belonging and value the high levels of care that staff show for them.”
- “Staff know pupils well and understand their needs.”
To improve
- “Most pupils attend school regularly, but absence is not reducing as quickly as it should for some pupils.”
- “However, as pupils move through the school, there is variability in how effectively they learn.”
- “Some pupils have gaps in their knowledge and do not achieve as securely as they could in national tests and examinations.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 June 2026 (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) | 50% | 62% |
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 36% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 41.1 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 31 first-preference applications, 40 offers in total, 31 offers to first-preference applicants.
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 17 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 17 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
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Straight-line distance, in Slough.
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