The Grove Special School
Special schoolThe Grove Special School is a special school in Northumberland, for pupils aged 2 to 19. It had 51 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, May 2025
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 21 May 2025
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 EducationEnd of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Northumberland | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 58% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 104 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Northumberland | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 42.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 41.8% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 61% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 1 | – | – |
- The Grove Special School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- 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.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 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- Prior Park Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), June 2023390 m
- Berwick AcademySecondary. Requires improvement (overall), February 2024. Attainment 8 of 39.3 (2025/26, provisional)730 m
- Tweedmouth West Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, May 2025870 m
- St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, BerwickPrimary. Standards maintained, May 20251 km
- Spittal Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, May 20251.3 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Northumberland
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).