Grove Road Primary School, Hounslow

Ofsted's report card from its 24 February 2026 inspection grades Grove Road Primary School on 7 areas: 6 expected standard and 1 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "In recent years, pupils have typically achieved outcomes close to the national average in the Year 1 phonics screening check and in national tests in reading, writing and mathematics at the end of Year 6."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Pupils enjoy attending school and feel a real sense of belonging."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders have a secure understanding of what children need to learn to be ready for the next stage of their education."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders ensure that inclusion sits at the heart of all decision-making."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders know the school and its community very well."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have designed a personal development offer and a programme of wider opportunities that prepare pupils very well for life beyond the school."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "The quality of teaching is variable across classes and subjects."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that teachers check pupils' understanding regularly and address misconceptions effectively so that any gaps in pupils' knowledge are rapidly closed"; "Leaders should ensure that teaching activities are appropriately adapted so that pupils' understanding of key knowledge is secure before they move on to more complex tasks"; "Leaders should reduce remaining inconsistencies in how well the phonics programme is taught, including ensuring that teaching is precisely matched to pupils' knowledge, so that they make appropriate progress in their early reading"; "Leaders should continue to strengthen the links between professional learning opportunities and their priorities, particularly in their work to improve the quality of education, so that this drives and sustains further improvements in standards of teaching and achievement".

In 2025, 48% of Year 6 pupils at Grove Road Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 44% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 82% and 83% in Hounslow and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 64% in reading and 68% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 34 families put Grove Road Primary School as their first choice and 142 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 7 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Grove Road Primary School are The Orchard Primary School (0.2 miles, Good, 83% reading, 85% maths); St Michael and St Martin Catholic Primary School (0.3 miles, Outstanding, 98% reading, 100% maths); Hounslow Heath School (0.6 miles, 77% reading, 83% maths); and Wellington Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 88% reading, 92% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Grove Road Primary School.

23 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Grove Road Primary School (as of April 2026): 70% would recommend the school, 70% say their child is happy there and 25% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (74%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (25%).

16.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 64.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (51%), Mixed (14%) and Black (10%).

In 2026, 33 pupils (14.2%) received SEN support and 26 (11.2%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

Grove Road Primary School has a SEN unit for autism: 18 places, 19 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Hounslow Rail Station, about 800 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hibernia Road Hounslow (->w), 210 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Grove Road Primary School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 711 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and other theft. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Hounslow (388), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Grove Road Primary School issued 1 suspension, 0.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Grove Road Primary School are St Mark's Catholic School (0.3 miles), The Heathland School (0.5 miles), Lift Kingsley (0.8 miles) and Lampton Academy (0.9 miles).