The Grove Junior School
Dark Lane, Harpenden, AL5 1QB
350 pupils · 97% of 360 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Free school meals
- 9.1%
Ofsted
Good (2022) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 8 December 2022, published 1 February 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 82% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 19% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Nearby alternatives
- The Grove Infant and Nursery School 0.1 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
- High Beeches Primary School 0.6 km · Outstanding — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Crabtree Infants' School 0.8 km · Outstanding (2024) · previous system
- Crabtree Junior School 0.9 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
- St Dominic Catholic Primary School 1 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
- Harpenden Academy 1.4 km · Improved significantly (2025)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.