Grove Road School, Sutton
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 7 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Grove Road School excels at building trusting relationships with vulnerable pupils and creating a calm, nurturing environment where children feel safe and supported. Teachers personalise learning to match each pupil's needs, and the school uses effective therapeutic approaches to help pupils manage their emotions and develop independence. Staff are highly trained in understanding how trauma affects children, which helps pupils grow in confidence and make steady progress.
Key Strengths
- Strong relationships between staff and pupils, with staff knowing each child well and understanding their individual needs
- Effective behaviour management using calm, personalised strategies that has reduced physical interventions and exclusions
- Well-planned, personalised curriculum with tailored teaching that adapts to match each pupil's learning needs and interests
- Excellent attendance support with leaders taking early action to help pupils get back into school
- Thorough safeguarding culture where everyone takes responsibility and pupils feel safe
Areas for Improvement
- Some teaching occasionally lacks clear learning steps, checks for understanding and revisiting of previous learning, which can reduce pupil progress
- A few aspects of improvement planning could be sharper and reflect the full depth of leaders' understanding
- Some pupils still struggle to remember earlier learning and need better support with retention
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - the school has created an open and positive safeguarding culture where all legal requirements are met and pupils feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Library visits, bookshop workshops, sensory circuits, nurture sessions, educational outings, museum visits, trips to local library and café, work experience, vocational options, careers guidance
Grove Road School is an independent school that creates a caring and purposeful environment where pupils' safety, wellbeing and learning come first. The school uses personalised, therapeutic approaches to help vulnerable pupils make steady progress from their individual starting points.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
0.0
Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
60%
Available places
27 pupils
45 capacity
18 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Sutton
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Admissions Demand - Sutton
Places available
3,511
Applications
2,760
Got 1st preference
72.0%
Got preferred school
96.9%
Secondary admissions across Sutton (2025/26)
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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Grove Road School
Manor Park Primary Academy
Robin Hood Junior School
Robin Hood Infants' School
Devonshire Primary School
All Saints Benhilton CofE Primary School
Barrow Hedges Primary School
Westbourne Primary School
Avenue Primary Academy
Seaton House School
St Dunstan's Cheam CofE Primary School
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