Dovecote Primary and Nursery School

State-Funded School

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East MidlandsRegion

NottinghamLocal Authority

Nottingham SouthConstituency

NG11 8EYPostcode

2.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

Not judged

About the School

Dovecote Primary and Nursery School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Nottingham, East Midlands.

It currently serves 288 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Requires improvement

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Early yearsprovision

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 52%
Higher standard: 3%
Reading score: 104
Maths score: 100

Ethnicity

White

58%

Asian

15%

Black

12%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

288

Total Pupils

56%Boys

44%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

42%

England average

27%

First language not English

30%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 288
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
18 Nov 2024	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Not judged
24 Mar 2019	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.