We strive to engender an infectious, lifelong, enthusiasm for learning creating a community with ambition, a sense of self-worth, belief and personal growth who are successful in an ever-changing world.

We seek to engage students and staff by offering a range of opportunities and experiences that lead to the highest standards of achievement and mastery of key skills.

We expect our students and staff to:

• appreciate the value and power of knowledge;
• develop qualities of independence, adaptability and creativity;
• approach situations with positivity and a solution-based mindset;
• be inspired to learn and to continue learning;
• understand and demonstrate emotional intelligence and collaborate effectively;
• be respectful, determined, dedicated and disciplined in the drive to achieve excellence;
• be socially, morally, spiritually and culturally aware.

We love what we do. Our subject specialists have carefully structured the curriculum by taking a student on a journey from Year 7 to Year 11, and beyond, for those who study in our Sixth Form.

The Grove School works closely with our feeder schools and cultivates a relationship where the knowledge that students receive in primary school is further developed when they arrive. We foster a collaborative approach so that knowledge and understanding is built upon to enable their working memory to grow.

Students study a broad and balanced curriculum that meets the needs of all groups of learners, allowing them to feel challenged and to excel. We believe that students should access a full range of academic, creative and expressive subjects, which is evidenced in the models below.

Each subject has a clear rationale for its curriculum plan, and a coherent and detailed sequence of work, with integrated assessment points, building towards the final examinations. Our suite of subjects for study at GCSE is broad, with a strong academic core in the EBacc subjects.  The overview of our entire curriculum mapping is available here, showing each subject’s journey at The Grove School: