Dovelands Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Leicester
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Leicester City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Dovelands Primary School is a primary school in Leicester for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 12 January 2022. Leicester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Dovelands Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 24.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.1 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Leicester.
- In 2026, Reception had 50 first-choice applications for 58 offers, 0.9 first choices per offer, the 3rd lowest of 72 Leicester primary schools; every applicant was offered a place.
- Some 15.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 34.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Leicester.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Leicester schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Hinckley Road, Leicester, LE3 0TJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Leicester
- Pupils on roll
- 534 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 12 January 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils speak highly of this friendly school.”
- “They are proud that their school is ‘rights respecting’ and that their teachers listen to them.”
- “They enjoy celebrating each other’s languages, cultures and traditions in this happy school.”
To improve
- “However, assessment is not consistent in other subjects.”
- “However, leaders have not clearly identified all of the key knowledge children need to prepare them for learning in Year 1.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 February 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 63% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 50 first-preference applications, 58 offers in total, 50 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Leicester.
- Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Queensmead Primary Academy 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Inglehurst Infant School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Imperial Avenue Infant School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Inglehurst Junior School 0.6 mi Good
- Shaftesbury Junior School 0.7 mi Good
- King Richard III Infant and Nursery School 0.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Braunstone Community Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published