Dove Bank Primary School
Off Rutland Road, Kidsgrove, Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 4AP
This school is closed (it closed in December 2023).
It was replaced by Dove Bank Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sally Dakin
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Stoke-on-Trent North
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 164
- URN
- 124089
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
About this school
Dove Bank Primary School was a foundation primary school in Stoke-on-Trent. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 164 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Dove Bank Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 17 | 21 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 29% | 81% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 59% | 95% |
| Expected standard in maths | 41% | 90% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 59% | 95% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 99.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 98.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | -6.20 | - |
| Writing progress | -7.80 | - |
| Maths progress | -5.60 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Dove Bank Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Staffordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 29% | 59.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 81% | 61.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 62% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Dove Bank Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 81% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.7% | 23.2% | 164 | — |
| Dove Bank Primary School | 56% | 5.3% | 28.7% | 225 | 0.0 miles |
| Kidsgrove Primary School | 33% | 4.2% | 37.9% | 156 | 0.3 miles |
| St John the Evangelist Catholic Academy | 63% | 4.4% | 37.4% | 190 | 0.3 miles |
| St Thomas' CofE Primary Academy | 56% | 5.3% | 16.8% | 189 | 0.5 miles |
| The Reginald Mitchell Primary School | 79% | 4.3% | 29.9% | 211 | 0.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 23.2%
- English as an additional language
- 7.9%
- Overall absence
- 4.7%
- Persistent absence
- 8.7%
Location
Nearby schools
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Dove Bank Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Stoke-on-Trent
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Kidsgrove Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Stoke-on-Trent
-
St John the Evangelist Catholic Academy0.3 miles
Primary · Kidsgrove
-
St Thomas' CofE Primary Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Stoke-on-Trent
-
The Reginald Mitchell Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Stoke-on-Trent
Other schools in Stoke-on-Trent
- Abbey Hulton Primary School Primary
- Alexandra Infants' School Primary
- Alexandra Junior School Primary
- All Saints' CofE First School Primary
- Alsager Highfields Community Primary School Primary
- Alsagers Bank Primary Academy Primary
- Ash Green Primary Academy Primary
- Ball Green Primary Academy Primary
- Barlaston CofE (VC) First School Primary
- Belgrave St Bartholomew's Academy Primary
- Bishop Rawle CofE Primary School Primary
- Burnwood Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Dove Bank Primary School teach?
- Dove Bank Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Stoke-on-Trent.
- Has Dove Bank Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Dove Bank Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Dove Bank Primary School?
- Dove Bank Primary School had 164 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Dove Bank Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 29% in 2022/23 and 81% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Dove Bank Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Dove Bank Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 31 December 2023.