Grove Road School
Grove Road School is an independent special school in Sutton for boys and girls aged 11 to 19. It has 27 pupils and room for 45.
36-46 Grove Road, Sutton, SM1 1BT0735 611 8875horizoncare.co.uk/schools/grove-roadMr Mark Roessler headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2024: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Sutton council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 27 | 13 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orchard Hill College | Special post 16 institution | 50 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Sutton College of Learning for Adults | Miscellaneous | 170 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Sutton High School GDST | Independent | 290 m | 878 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Manor Park Primary Academy | Academy | 560 m | 710 | No overall grade 2025 | 100 | Compare |
| Sutton Grammar School | Academy (grammar) | 600 m | 1,061 | Good 2022 | 96 | Compare |
| Robin Hood Junior School | Council | 610 m | 359 | Good 2022 | 87 | Compare |
| Robin Hood Infants' School | Council | 640 m | 239 | Report card 2026 | 32 | Compare |
| Thomas Wall Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 640 m | 98 | No overall grade 2025 | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Grove Road School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Grove Road School yet.
How many pupils does Grove Road School have?
27 pupils aged 11 to 19 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 45 places, so it is 60% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 36-46 Grove Road, Sutton, SM1 1BT
- Telephone
- 0735 611 8875
- Website
- www.horizoncare.co.uk/schools/grove-road
- Headteacher
- Mr Mark Roessler
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 11-19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Sutton
- Ward
- Sutton Central
- Constituency
- Sutton and Cheam
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 15 October 2024 (new provision)
- URN
- 150751 · LAESTAB 3196004 · UKPRN 10097082
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.