Grove Wood Primary School
Grove Road, Rayleigh, SS6 8UA
630 pupils · 100% of 630 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- GROVE WOOD ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- Essex
- Free school meals
- 8.3%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2024) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
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 3 December 2024, published 19 January 2025. 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 | 65% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 14% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.03 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 90 | 93 | 195 | 90 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 90 | 96 | 207 | 90 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 90 | 102 | 200 | 90 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 90 | 90 | 203 | 90 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 90 | 111 | 236 | 90 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 90 | 96 | 203 | 90 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 90 | 122 | 226 | 90 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 90 | 92 | 202 | 90 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Wyburns Primary School 1 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Edward Francis Primary School 1.6 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Edwards Hall Primary School 1.7 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- Rayleigh Primary School 2 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Lift Westerings 2.3 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Glebe Primary School 2.4 km · No overall grade (2024)
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.