Grove Vale Primary School

SandwellCommunity school

Monksfield Avenue, Great Barr, Birmingham, B43 6AL

Headteacher: Mrs Alison ConnopSchool website ↗Pupils: 420 (capacity: 422)
Ofsted Outstanding
Inspected July 2024
Oversubscribed
63% of first-choice applicants offered a place
83%
Reading, Writing & Maths
Outstanding
Inspected July 2024
63%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 16 July 2024Full report ↗

Outstanding

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

Rated Outstanding across all inspected areas — Quality of Teaching, Behaviour, Pupils' Development and Leadership.

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
83.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)Higher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
13.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 90%·Writing 87%·Maths 92%All three 83%
Reading
Expected90%
Exceeding55%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected87%
Exceeding17%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected92%
Exceeding52%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is oversubscribed.
Demand exceeds capacity.
How many places were offered?
60
How many families wanted this school first?
96
How many got their first choice?
60of 96 (62.5%)
How many applied in total?
170

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
23.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
37.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
2.0%
Boys and girls
52%girls·48%boys
218 girls, 202 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

→ Peaked at 85% (2018/19), currently 83%

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.

View raw year-by-year data
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2015/1655.0%8.0%+0.5-0.3+0.4
2016/1767.0%10.0%+1.2+1.1+2.0
2017/1880.0%11.0%+3.3+1.2+3.0
2018/1985.0%13.0%+2.8+1.8+1.7
2022/2378.0%12.0%+0.3+0.9+1.5
2023/2483.0%17.0%---
2024/2583.0%13.0%---
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