# The Grove Special School

The 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.

Special school. Code E122385. [Northumberland](https://openindex.co.uk/northumberland)

- Phase: Special
- Type: Community special school
- Ages: 2 to 19
- Pupils: 51
- Council: Northumberland
- URN: 122385

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Standards maintained, May 2025
- Latest ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, 21 May 2025
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).


### End 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Prior Park Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/prior-park-primary-school-e122187): 390 m. Primary. Good (overall), June 2023
- [Berwick Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/berwick-academy-e137598): 730 m. Secondary. Requires improvement (overall), February 2024. Attainment 8 of 39.3 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Tweedmouth West Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/tweedmouth-west-primary-school-e122186): 870 m. Primary. Standards maintained, May 2025
- [St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Berwick](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-cuthberts-catholic-primary-school-berwick-e148998): 1 km. Primary. Standards maintained, May 2025
- [Spittal Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/spittal-community-primary-school-e122185): 1.3 km. Primary. Standards maintained, May 2025

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/122385)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/122385)

## How to cite

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-grove-special-school-e122385