The Grove Infant and Nursery School
Dark Lane, Harpenden, AL5 1QD
Ofsted Outstanding
Inspected November 2023
Oversubscribed
86% of first-choice applicants offered a place
Outstanding
Inspected November 2023
86%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed
Ofsted RatingInspected 7 November 2023Full 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.
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?
- 69
- How many got their first choice?
- 59of 69 (85.5%)
- How many applied in total?
- 180
Pupils & Inclusion
Boys and girls
47%girls·53%boys
125 girls, 140 boys
Location
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Results Over Time
* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.
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