Dovecote Primary and Nursery School
Primary schoolDovecote Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Nottingham, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 288 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 15 October 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 27% of pupils at Dovecote Primary and Nursery School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 61% in Nottingham and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Nottingham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 27% | 61% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100 | 104 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 96 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Farnborough Spencer AcademySecondary. Good (overall), September 2022. Attainment 8 of 37.9 (2025/26, provisional)600 m
- The Glapton AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, March 2023. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)860 m
- Nethergate AcademySpecial. School remains Outstanding, June 2023940 m
- Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), March 2022. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
- Whitegate Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), September 2021. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
- The Milford AcademyPrimary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Nottingham
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).