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Dovelands Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 534Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 130927URN

Hinckley Road, Leicester, LE3 0TJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Sep 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.2per place
0.5 above Leicester median (1.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Leicester

126 applications for 58 places · 6th of 72 in Leicester
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
63%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 8 September 2026Published 28 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 8 September 2026
    Report card · 7 Expected standard
  2. 12 January 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.2applications per place, Reception
0.5 above Leicester median (1.6) close to England median (2.2)

126 applications · 58 places offered · 50 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 2.2; Leicester median median 1.6
  2. 2025 2.0; Leicester median median 1.7
  3. 2024 1.8; Leicester median median 1.7
  4. 2023 1.9; Leicester median median 1.6
  5. 2022 1.8; Leicester median median 1.6
  6. 2021 2.1; Leicester median median 1.7
  7. 2020 2.3; Leicester median median 1.7
  8. 2019 2.4; Leicester median median 1.5
  9. 2018 2.3; Leicester median median 1.6
  10. 2017 2.2; Leicester median median 1.6
  11. 2016 3.1; Leicester median median 1.9
  12. 2015 3.0; Leicester median median 1.9
  13. 2014 2.9; Leicester median median 1.7
More applications per place than the Leicester median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Leicester median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026581262.2500.86
Sep 2025681342.0610.90
Sep 2024701241.8620.89
Sep 2023751421.9751.00
Sep 2022711281.8630.89
Sep 2021701472.1650.93
Sep 2020751702.3811.08
Sep 2019761802.4740.97
Sep 2018751742.3660.88
Sep 2017751632.2781.04
Sep 2016752293.1851.13
Sep 2015752223.0811.08
Sep 2014752152.9941.25

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 82% · Writing 75% · Maths 74% → all three 63% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard63%33rd of 71 in Leicester
Reading
Expected standard82%
Higher standard36%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard75%
Greater depth0%
Maths
Expected standard74%
Higher standard16%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Leicester median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2563%0%106104
2023/2458%7%104103
2022/2364%4%106105

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
130927 · 856/2387
Capacity
525 pupils · 534 on roll
Free school meals
15.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 September 1996
Address
Hinckley Road, Leicester, LE3 0TJ
Local authority
Leicester

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources