Doveridge Primary School

Doveridge Primary School continues to demonstrate effective teaching and a supportive environment, maintaining its good status. Pupils express high levels of enjoyment and safety, feeling connected within their small school community. The leadership is proactive, fostering a positive culture where both staff and students are encouraged to communicate openly and develop their skills. However, areas for improvement have been identified, particularly in ensuring all staff are trained adequately in delivering the curriculum effectively and responding to the diverse needs of all pupils, especially those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and supported in a friendly school environment.
• Effective pastoral support is in place, as noted by parents.
• Clear expectations and training for teaching phonics.
• Well-planned curriculum with progressive skill development.
• Strong outdoor learning opportunities that engage pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Some staff lack skills in implementing teaching expectations.
• Learning activities are not always tailored to meet all pupils' needs.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Doveridge Primary School attended 97.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 2.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Doveridge Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Doveridge Primary School had 14.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 10.7% of pupils at Doveridge Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Doveridge Primary School received £8,346 and spent £8,081 for each of its 84 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £232,000 (£2,763 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Doveridge Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Doveridge Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Doveridge Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Doveridge Primary School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Doveridge Primary School have?

Doveridge Primary School has 84 pupils on roll.

What age range does Doveridge Primary School cover?

Doveridge Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

Where is Doveridge Primary School?

Doveridge Primary School is at 14 Chapel Green, Doveridge, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, DE6 5JY.