The Grove Primary School
Community schoolPrimaryAges 4–11Mixed
Campkin Road, Cambridge, CB4 2NB
Headteacher · Miss Elspeth Shaw
From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 29 June 2026. Report a correction
Key facts
Pupils224Capacity 420
OfstedGoodInspected 28 November 2023
Free school meals44.6%
SEN provisionResourced provision
Ofsted
Good
Graded inspection on 28 November 2023.
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- Early yearsGood
- SafeguardingEffective
Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.
Reception applications close 15 January 2027
For September 2027. Apply through Cambridgeshire council, not the school. National offer day is 16 April 2027.
How to apply in CambridgeshireApplications for September 2026
29 of the 30 families who put it first were offered a place.
Places offered29
Applications50
First choice30
First-choice offers29
Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.
Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).
Nearby schools for the same ages
- Kings Hedges Primary School0.3 mi
- St Laurence Catholic Primary School0.5 mi
- Arbury Primary School0.6 mi
- OA - Cambridge0.6 mi
- Milton Road Primary School0.7 mi