Grove Vale Primary School
Primary schoolGrove Vale Primary School is a primary school in Sandwell, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 421 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), July 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 16 July 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 83% of pupils at Grove Vale Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 61% in Sandwell and 62% in England.
13% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Sandwell | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 83% | 61% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 13% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 109 | 105 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Q3 Academy Great BarrSecondary. School remains Good, September 2022. Attainment 8 of 44.1 (2025/26, provisional)740 m
- Holy Name Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, February 2022750 m
- Ferndale Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Hamstead Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, September 2021. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- St Margaret's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), June 2022. 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.5 km
- Whitecrest Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade. 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.6 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Sandwell
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).