Dovelands Primary School

Community school · Primary school · Leicester, Leicester
LE3 0TJ
Composite score
41.0

School overview

Dovelands Primary School is a primary school serving Leicester, Leicester, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 537 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 63% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 5.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Dovelands Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links further down the page.

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National rank
#924
In East Midlands
#44
In Leicester
Top 72%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
63%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
Maths progress

School profile

Pupils on roll 537 % FSM ever-6 14.6% % EAL 35.9% Age range 3–11 Gender Mixed

Location

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