Grove Academy

State-Funded School

grove-academy-slough-south-east-149897

South EastRegion

SloughLocal Authority

SloughConstituency

SL1 2SRPostcode

0.3

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Grove Academy is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 4–19, located in Slough, South East.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 990 pupils. Grove Academy is part of The Slough and East Berkshire C of E Multi Academy Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 14 Apr 2026 · published 7 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Inadequate

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Requires improvement

Behaviour &attitudes

Inadequate

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 41.1
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 36.4%
EBacc average point score: 4.03

Ethnicity

White

24%

Asian

39%

Black

15%

Mixed

10%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

11%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

990

Total Pupils

54%Boys

46%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

34%

England average

27%

First language not English

73%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 4 – 19
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 990
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: The Slough and East Berkshire C of E Multi Academy Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
5 May 2022	Inadequate	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Inadequate	Inadequate

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.