[4][5] In January 2019, Chestnut Grove was assessed in an OFSTED inspection report as good.

Chestnut Grove's house system consists of 7 tutor groups: Blake, Da Vinci, Hepworth, Kahlo, Kapoor, Kusama, and Turner.

[10] Chestnut Grove's sixth form offers a range of subjects to study at A-level.

The sixth form offers subjects that were not available to take at GCSE level, such as Film Studies, Government & Politics, Sociology, and Psychology.

The sixth form has minimum entry requirements of grade 6s at GCSE level for subjects that students want to further study at A-Level.