Dovecote Primary and Nursery School

General Information

Address: Greencroft, Nottingham, NG11 8EY
Phone: 01159152953
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Ruth Guy-Clark
Age range: 3-11 years
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Number of pupils: 288
School capacity: 370
Pupils eligible for free school meals: 122
% eligible for free school meals: 44.5%
Nursery provision: Yes

Behaviour

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About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Behaviour information for this school has not been added yet.

Attendance

Overall absence: 7.4%
Persistently absent pupils: 16.3%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

SEN provision information for this school has not been added yet.

Pupils on SEN Support: 19.8%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.5%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Social, emotional and mental health: 36 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 8 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 2 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
Physical disability: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

No overall grade given 2024 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted stopped giving single overall grades for a period between September 2024 and November 2025 - this school's most recent inspection falls in that window, so there's no single rating to show, even though it was inspected. The full report (linked below) still has the detail.

Educational attainment data for this school has not been added yet.

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Financials

Financial summary information for this school has not been added yet.

Spending per pupil: £8,726 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

Ranked #1 of 69 Spending Per Pupil schools of this type in the area

#1Dovecote Primary and Nursery School£8,726
#2Edale Rise Primary & Nursery School£8,286
#3Brocklewood Primary and Nursery School£8,183

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

#1Dovecote Primary and Nursery School£8,726
#2Edale Rise Primary & Nursery School£8,286
#3Brocklewood Primary and Nursery School£8,183
#4Springfield Academy£8,170
#5Djanogly Strelley Academy£8,137
#6Bluecoat Bentinck Primary Academy£8,130
#7Greenfields Community School£8,129
#8Glade Hill Primary & Nursery School£8,011
#9Southwold Primary School and Early Years' Centre£7,954
#10Bulwell St Mary's Primary and Nursery School£7,928
#11Rosslyn Park Primary and Nursery School£7,889
#12Southglade Primary and Nursery School£7,835
#13William Booth Primary and Nursery School£7,826
#14Henry Whipple Primary School£7,808
#15Blue Bell Hill Primary and Nursery School£7,702
#16Firbeck Academy£7,686
#17Nottingham Academy£7,686
#18Glenbrook Spencer Academy£7,644
#19Heathfield Primary and Nursery School£7,559
#20St Ann's Well Academy£7,520
#21Rufford Primary and Nursery School£7,503
#22St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery School£7,490
#23Sycamore Academy£7,487
#24Victoria Primary School£7,455
#25Hempshill Hall Primary School£7,424
#26Portland Spencer Academy£7,419
#27Djanogly Northgate Academy£7,407
#28Jubilee L.E.A.D. Academy£7,387
#29Melbury Primary School£7,368
#30Forest Fields Primary and Nursery School£7,353
#31Whitemoor Academy (Primary and Nursery)£7,331
#32The Glapton Academy£7,280
#33Claremont Primary and Nursery School£7,273
#34Burford Primary and Nursery School£7,214
#35Highbank Primary and Nursery School£7,205
#36Dunkirk Primary and Nursery School£7,137
#37St Mary's Catholic Primary School£7,100
#38Southwark Primary School£7,063
#39Huntingdon Academy£7,016
#40Seely Primary School£6,952
#41Radford Primary School Academy£6,948
#42Welbeck Primary School£6,938
#43Djanogly Sherwood Academy£6,923
#44Berridge Primary and Nursery School£6,921
#45Haydn Primary School£6,889
#46Sneinton St Stephen's CofE Primary School£6,870
#47The Milford Academy£6,856
#48Rise Park Primary and Nursery School£6,814
#49Ambleside Primary School£6,787
#50Old Basford School£6,781
#51Scotholme Primary and Nursery School£6,754
#52Edna G. Olds Academy£6,752
#53Stanstead Flying High Academy£6,632
#54Whitegate Primary and Nursery School£6,577
#55Carrington Primary and Nursery School£6,568
#56Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary School£6,559
#57Robert Shaw Primary and Nursery School£6,558
#58Our Lady & St Edward Primary & Nursery Catholic Voluntary Academy£6,407
#59Hogarth Academy£6,343
#60St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School£6,316
#61Fernwood Primary School£6,207
#62Bluecoat Primary Academy£6,162
#63St Augustine's Catholic Primary and Nursery School, A Voluntary Academy£6,140
#64Windmill L.E.A.D. Academy£6,065
#65Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Primary and Nursery School£6,050
#66South Wilford Endowed CofE Primary School£6,000
#67St Teresa's Catholic Primary School£5,986
#68Middleton Primary and Nursery School£5,817
#69Cantrell Primary and Nursery School£3,303

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