Dovecote Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Nottingham · NG11 8EY
Data updated
SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection
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Inspected 15 October 2024
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288 pupils · 107% of 270 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Community school
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 44.5% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 24.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 20.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 1.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 134841
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 16 families named it first for 17 Reception places, 0.94 first choices per place. At its inspection on 15 October 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Requires improvement. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.94 first-choice applications per place17 places offered · 16 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Compare admissions across the area: Nottingham school admissions · the wider Nottingham authority
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
52 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Schools with a similar intake
Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025
On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.
They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 56% (Nottingham 34%, England 60%) · Black African 9% (Nottingham 12%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 8% (Nottingham 4%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 5% (Nottingham 5%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Nottingham 5%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Nottingham 5%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Nottingham 6%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 2% (Nottingham 2%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Nottingham 11%, England 5%) · Any other White background 2% (Nottingham 7%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Nottingham 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Nottingham 2%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Nottingham 1%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Nottingham 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Nottingham 2%, England 1%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
6.37 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Nottingham: 2.95 suspensions and 0.05 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
74% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 26% left the state-funded sector
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
66.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 8.6 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £49,619; 11.8% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2025-26)
Where the money went (2025-26)
Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 7% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)
Reserves (2025-26)
Revenue reserve -£93,294; in-year balance -£117,503
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared
Inspection history since 2015
- 15 October 2024: Requires improvement
- 27 February 2019: Good
- 4 October 2017: Taking effective action to tackle the areas requiring improvement
- 28 February 2017: Not taking effective action to tackle the areas requiring improvement
- 27 September 2016: Requires improvement
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 18.5% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 27.4% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 15.3% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 31.2% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 40.9% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 39.5% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 46.2% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 13.7% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 5.2% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 34.1% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 4.7% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 44.4% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01013896 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £205,000277 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £185,000–£245,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 1an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 5an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 25an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 10an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted