Dove House Academy
Sutton Road, Basingstoke, RG21 5SU
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- SOLENT ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Maarit Eben-Aimine
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Solent Academies Trust
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Basingstoke
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 220
- Pupils on roll
- 238
- URN
- 137605
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01256351555
About this school
Dove House Academy is a special academy in Basingstoke. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 238 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Dove House Academy, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
A short monitoring inspection followed on : inspectors found that standards have been maintained.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 43 | 42 | 42 |
| Attainment 8 score | 5.6 | 5.7 | 4.8 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.23 -1.69 to -0.78 | -1.34 -1.77 to -0.90 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 2% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 5% | 2.4% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Dove House Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Hampshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.6 | 37.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 5.7 | 37.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 4.8 | 37.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 236 |
| 2023/24 | 230 |
| 2024/25 | 234 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
-
Ungraded inspection report5 February 2025
- 24 September 2019
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 40.95%
- English as an additional language
- 3.4%
- Overall absence
- 8.64%
- Persistent absence
- 22.33%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Maple Ridge School0.2 miles
Special schools · Basingstoke
-
Chiltern Way Academy Austen0.6 miles
Free Schools · Basingstoke
-
Chiltern Way Academy Futures1.2 miles
Academies · Basingstoke
-
Limington House School1.6 miles
Special schools · Basingstoke
-
Saxon Wood School1.8 miles
Special schools · Basingstoke
Other schools in Basingstoke
- Chiltern Way Academy Austen Free Schools
- Chiltern Way Academy Basingstoke Academies
- Chiltern Way Academy Futures Academies
- Limington House School Special schools
- Maple Ridge School Special schools
- Saxon Wood School Special schools
- Castle Hill Infant School Primary
- Castle Hill Primary School Primary
- Chalk Ridge Primary School Primary
- Chiltern Primary School Primary
- Cliddesden Primary School Primary
- Fairfields Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Dove House Academy teach?
- Dove House Academy teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a special school in Basingstoke.
- Who is the headteacher of Dove House Academy?
- The headteacher of Dove House Academy is Mrs Maarit Eben-Aimine, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Dove House Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Dove House Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Dove House Academy?
- Dove House Academy has 238 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Dove House Academy full?
- Dove House Academy has capacity for 220 pupils and 238 on roll (108%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Dove House Academy a faith school?
- No. Dove House Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Dove House Academy part of an academy trust?
- Dove House Academy is part of SOLENT ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Dove House Academy have?
- The schools register lists Dove House Academy's special educational needs provision as: MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Dove House Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 5.6 in 2022/23 and 4.8 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Dove House Academy's absence rate?
- Dove House Academy's overall absence rate is 8.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Dove House Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Dove House Academy'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 1 July 2026.