Grove Church of England School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Primary
Wantage · OX12 7PW · Oxfordshire
Ages 4–11
- KS253%
- Absence6.6%
- FSM23.6%
- Demand1.00
1.5 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 142664
St James Church of England Primary School, Hanney
Academy converter · Wantage · OX12 0JN
Ages 2–11 · 196 pupils · Oxfordshire
Ofsted
School remains Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
41%
Overall absence
5.2%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2024-04-24
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)41%
Higher standard (RWM)3%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 102.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 100.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 99.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.2%
Persistent absence (10%+)8.8%
Unauthorised1.2%
- Authorised absence
- 3.9%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.6%
- Enrolments in measure
- 159
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
22
Places offered
22
1st-preference offers
22
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 39
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 22
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill93%
196 pupils · 210 places
- Pupils on roll
- 196
- Boys / girls
- 111 / 85
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 196 / 210 (93%)
- Free school meals
- 21.9%
- FSM pupils
- 35
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 2–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Oxford
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: CAMBRIAN LEARNING TRUST
- Academy trust
- CAMBRIAN LEARNING TRUST
- Sponsor
- Faringdon Academy of Schools
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lucy Ottaway
Location
- Address
- The Causeway, East Hanney
- Postcode
- OX12 0JN
- Town
- Wantage
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- District
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 2–11, in Wantage, Oxfordshire, 196 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 21.9%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Oxford.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Millbrook Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Wantage · OX12 7LB · Oxfordshire
Ages 2–11
- KS262%
- Absence4.7%
- FSM15.6%
- Demand1.00
1.8 miles away
Wantage Primary Academy
Ofsted: OutstandingFree schools · Primary
Wantage · OX12 7GQ · Oxfordshire
Ages 2–11
- Absence6.0%
- FSM16.0%
- Demand1.00
2.6 miles away
Charlton Primary School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedAcademy converter · Primary
Wantage · OX12 7HG · Oxfordshire
Ages 2–11
- KS253%
- Absence5.0%
- FSM8.1%
- Demand0.95
2.9 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lucy Ottaway
- Telephone
- 01235868232