Dovecote Primary and Nursery School | Primary in Nottingham | Ofsted & DfE

27%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

314

Pupils · 2024/25

25%

EAL · 2024/25

16%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

27%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

314

Pupils · 2024/25

25%

EAL · 2024/25

16%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

27%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

314

Pupils · 2024/25

25%

EAL · 2024/25

16%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Not judged

Ofsted inspection · 15/10/2024

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityNottingham

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio20.4:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Dovecote Primary and Nursery School · Primary · Nottingham

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

27%

-25pp

58%43%27%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 27%

RWM higher standard

-3pp

5%3%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 0%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

50%

Reading higher standard

15%

Writing expected standard

60%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

33%

Maths higher standard

Science expected standard

65%

SPAG expected standard

42%

SPAG higher standard

10%

Reading scaled score

100.0

Maths scaled score

96.0

GPS scaled score

99.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

314

Pupil : teacher ratio

20.4

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

25%

FSM eligible

49%

SEN

22%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

16%

Contact

Address

Greencroft, Nottingham, NG11 8EY

Local authority

Nottingham

Website

www.dovecote.nottingham.sch.uk/

Telephone

01159152953

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	27%	0%	50%	15%	60%	4%	33%	6%	65%	42%	100.0	96.0	99.0	—	—	—	22%	314
2023/24	52%	3%	68%	18%	63%	3%	55%	8%	68%	63%	104.0	100.0	104.0	—	—	—	18%	361
2022/23	46%	0%	63%	27%	54%	0%	56%	15%	75%	69%	104.0	99.0	105.0	+1.50	-1.80	-2.10	8%	372
2018/19	57%	4%	66%	6%	68%	17%	72%	19%	91%	68%	101.0	103.0	102.0	+0.30	+1.90	+2.00	11%	436
2017/18	58%	5%	82%	23%	74%	19%	61%	9%	81%	69%	104.0	101.0	105.0	+2.80	+3.20	+0.80	13%	450
2016/17	48%	0%	63%	7%	64%	0%	68%	13%	71%	66%	101.0	102.0	102.0	+1.50	+0.90	+1.30	14%	463

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	314	19.4	22%	25%	49%	7%	16%
2023/24	361	19.5	18%	20%	49%	8%	21%
2022/23	372	21.9	8%	18%	54%	9%	32%
2021/22	370	18.1	10%	13%	51%	9%	30%
2020/21	392	19.8	11%	12%	46%	—	—
2018/19	436	22.2	11%	10%	39%	5%	15%
2017/18	450	20.2	13%	10%	41%	6%	16%
2016/17	463	22.3	14%	11%	42%	5%	13%