The Grove Infant and Nursery School

State-Funded School

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East of EnglandRegion

HertfordshireLocal Authority

Harpenden and BerkhamstedConstituency

AL5 1QDPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

The Grove Infant and Nursery School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–7, located in Hertfordshire, East of England.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 243 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Outstanding

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

84%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

243

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 7
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 243
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
17 Dec 2023	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding
7 Nov 2007	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.