UK Schools
The Grove Academy
The Grove Academy is a mixed primary academy in Watford, Hertfordshire County Council, teaching 473 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted graded quality of education as Good at its most recent inspection in May 2025. In 2024–2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 4 September 2025 to 23 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for The Grove Academy.
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for The Grove Academy.
- 3 Inset Day
- 4–30 Autumn Term (School finishes at 1:30pm)
- 1–31 Autumn Term (School finishes at 1:30pm)
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term
- 1–30 Autumn Term (School finishes at 1:30pm)
- 28 Occasional Day
- 1–19 Autumn Term (School finishes at 1:30pm)
- 1 Inset Day
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 5 Inset Day
- 6–31 Spring Term (School finishes at 1:30pm)
- 1–28 Spring Term (School finishes at 1:30pm)
- 16–20 Spring Half Term
- 1–27 Spring Term (School finishes at 1:30pm)
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 13 Inset Day
- 14–30 Summer Term (School finishes at 1:30pm)
- 1–31 Summer Term (School finishes at 1:30pm)
- 25–29 Summer Half Term
- 1–30 Summer Term (School finishes at 1:30pm)
- 26 Inset Day
- 1–23 Summer Term (School finishes at 1:30pm)
- 24 Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Inset Day September 3, 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Term (School finishes at 1:30pm) September 4, 2025 - December 19, 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term October 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- Occasional Day November 28, 2025 Event
- Inset Day December 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Christmas Holiday December 22, 2025 - January 2, 2026 Holiday
- Inset Day January 5, 2026 Inset Day
- Spring Term (School finishes at 1:30pm) January 6, 2026 - March 27, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term February 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday March 30 - April 10, 2026 Holiday
- Inset Day April 13, 2026 Inset Day
- Summer Term (School finishes at 1:30pm) April 14, 2026 - July 23, 2026 Term
- Summer Half Term May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- Inset Day June 26, 2026 Inset Day
- Summer Holiday July 24, 2026 - Early September 2026 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare The Grove Academy with Hertfordshire County Council and England.
Key stage 2 (end of primary) 64% Expected standard in reading, writing & maths
How Year 6 pupils did in the national tests.
This school Hertfordshire County Council England
Attendance 17.5% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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About this data source & caveats
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for The Grove Academy. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to The Grove Academy than to any other primary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.