Dove Bank Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire·ST7 4AP
Composite score
41.1
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#10,542
National rank
#1137
In West Midlands
#171
In Staffordshire
Top 71%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
56%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
27 first choices, 27 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
39
any preference, for 27 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Dove Bank Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
178
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
28.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
6.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
25.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,848
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Dove Bank Primary School at a glance

Located in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Dove Bank Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 178 pupils aged 2 to 11. 56% 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 fallen by 25.0 percentage points compared with the previous 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 104 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Dove Bank Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 27 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.7%. There are about 17.8 pupils per teacher. Dove Bank 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 above.

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