The Grove Junior School
Primary schoolThe Grove Junior School is a primary school in St Albans, for pupils aged 7 to 11. It had 350 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026School remains Good, December 2022
- Latest ungraded inspection
- School remains Good, 8 December 2022
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, 82% of pupils at The Grove Junior School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Hertfordshire and 62% in England.
19% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Hertfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 82% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 19% | 11% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110 | 107 | 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- The Grove Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), November 202370 m
- High Beeches Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Outstanding, June 2023. 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)570 m
- Aldwickbury SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file590 m
- Crabtree Infants' SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), February 2024850 m
- Crabtree Junior SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), November 2023. 86% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)880 m
- St Dominic Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), November 2023, before the school changed990 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in St Albans
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).