Secondary
The Grove School
Newcastle Road, Market Drayton, TF9 1HF
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 856 of 1206 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.9
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- MARCHES ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 43.8
- All staff (FTE)
- 47.7
- Pupils per adult
- 17.3
- Pupils
- 828
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected April 2023
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
28%
39.5
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 39.5 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.41 |
| Entered the EBacc | 37% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 55% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 28% |
| A level average points per entry | 27.82 |
| A level students | 36 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 46% |
| 22/23 | 37% |
| 23/24 | 25% |
| 24/25 | 28% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 32.9 |
| 22/23 | 24.5 |
| 23/24 | 20.3 |
| 24/25 | 27.8 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.01 |
| 22/23 | -0.42 |
| 23/24 | -0.48 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 46.6 |
| 22/23 | 43.0 |
| 23/24 | 38.1 |
| 24/25 | 39.5 |
Newcastle Road, Market Drayton, TF9 1HF
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Shropshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mitchell Allsopp
- Address
- Newcastle Road, Market Drayton, TF9 1HF
- Telephone
- 01630652121