The Grove Special School
State-Funded School
Academic PerformanceAbout the School
The Grove Special School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–19, located in Northumberland, North East.
The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 51 pupils.
Ofsted Rating
9
2025
Subject Areas
Leadership &management
Outstanding
Early yearsprovision
Outstanding
Sixth formprovision
Outstanding
Ethnicity
Pupils
Total Pupils
73%Boys
27%GirlsPupil Characteristics
DfE school census, January 2026.
Key Information
- Phase
- Special
- Age range
- 2 – 19
- Deprivation band
- Deprived
- Total pupils
- 51
- IDACI quintile
- 4 (Less deprived)
Inspection history
Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.
Standards maintained
Ungraded inspection on 21 May 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.
Read the inspection letter on Ofsted| Report published | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Aug 2015 | 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.
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