# Dovelands Primary School

Dovelands Primary School is a primary school in Leicester, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 534 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E130927. [Leicester](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 534
- Council: Leicester
- URN: 130927

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, September 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 8 September 2026
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Post-16 provision: Not applicable
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 63% of pupils at Dovelands Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Leicester and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Leicester | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 63% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104 | 105 | 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/christ-the-king-catholic-voluntary-academy-e146158): 370 m. Primary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 54% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [West Gate School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/west-gate-school-e131099): 640 m. Special. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met
- [Queensmead Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/queensmead-primary-academy-e138553): 770 m. Primary. School remains Good, May 2024. 87% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Inglehurst Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/inglehurst-infant-school-e150026): 970 m. Primary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met
- [Imperial Avenue Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/imperial-avenue-infant-school-e120014): 1 km. Primary. School remains Good, June 2023
- [Inglehurst Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/inglehurst-junior-school-e120016): 1 km. Primary. Good (overall), November 2023. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/130927)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/130927)

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