Dovery Academy

Academy sponsor led·First school Leighton Buzzard, Central Bedfordshire·LU7 3AG

School type

First school

Ages 3–9

Key Stage 2 performance

Dovery Academy is a first school for pupils aged 3–9. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every first school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

55%

53 first choices, 29 places

First choices per place

1.83

more first choices than places

Applications naming the school

131

any preference, for 29 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.93

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1 per place

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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Central Bedfordshire does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Dovery Academy. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education

Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Outstanding

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Outstanding

School profile

Age range: 3–9
Pupils on roll: 167
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

5.0%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

6.6%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

13.8%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

3.0%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.3%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

7.4%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

21.0

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£7,025

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Leighton Middle School Leighton Buzzard · 1.2 mi 56.5 Brooklands Middle School Leighton Buzzard · 1.3 mi 35.9 Linslade School Leighton Buzzard · 1.8 mi 53.7 Eaton Bray Academy Dunstable · 5.0 mi 28.6 Parkfields Middle School Dunstable · 5.4 mi 36.0 Totternhoe Church of England Academy Dunstable · 5.5 mi 11.7 Fulbrook School Milton Keynes · 5.6 mi 28.3 Swallowfield Primary Milton Keynes · 5.9 mi 37.1

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

About Dovery Academy

Dovery Academy is a primary school in Leighton Buzzard, Central Bedfordshire, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 167 pupils aged 3 to 9 attend the school.

Competition for places is real here - 55% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (53 first choices for 29 places). Overall pupil absence was 4.3%. There are about 21.0 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 5% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Dovery Academy 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 above.