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Dove Bank Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Bagworth Road, Nailstone, Warwickshire, Nuneaton CV13 0QJ · dovebankprimary.co.uk · 01530 262371
On the mapSearch near CV13 0QJ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 67%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Leicestershire 63%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 149
- 71% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 26.2%
- First language not English
- 0.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 25 families put the school first and 26 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 26 | 22 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 24 | 20 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 67% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Leicestershire it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲67% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 120061)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 26 March 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Dove Bank Primary School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 25 Mar 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2013
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 120061), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Dec 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120061)
Sept 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120061)
Mar 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120061)
What parents said
84% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (51 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 84%
- Replies
- 51
- 32% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 29% who had a child bullied
based on 16 parents (31%) with SEND