Grove Academy, DUNDEE

Grove Academy is a local authority school in Scotland. Scottish schools are inspected by Education Scotland rather than Ofsted, and Scotland does not publish school-by-school exam league tables.

In the 2025 pupil census it had 1345 pupils and 13.9 pupils per teacher.

11% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 41% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 6% speak English as an additional language.

7% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 61% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 90.8% in 2024/25, and 30.9% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 98% full.

97% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 97% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Grove Academy are Monifieth High School (1.6 miles), Greenfield Academy (1.8 miles), Morgan Academy (2.9 miles) and St Paul's RC Academy (3.9 miles).

The nearest railway station is Broughty Ferry Rail Station, about 410 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Claypotts Road (adjacent), 140 metres away.

The primary schools closest to Grove Academy are Forthill Primary School (0.4 miles), Claypotts Castle Primary School (0.9 miles), Barnhill Primary School (1.1 miles) and St Pius' RC Primary School (1.4 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Dundee City publishes both.