Dovery Academy
Heath Road, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3AG
191 pupils · 127% of 150 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3–9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Trust
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- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Free school meals
- 5.7%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 13 May 2025, published 19 June 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Oversubscribed — 1.83 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 29 | 53 | 131 | 29 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 30 | 27 | 79 | 30 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 29 | 27 | 52 | 28 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 29 | 28 | 51 | 29 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Heathwood Lower School 0.3 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- The Rushmere Park Academy 1.2 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- St Leonards CE Academy 1.5 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- The Mary Bassett Lower School 1.7 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Beaudesert Lower School 1.9 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Clipstone Brook Lower School 1.9 km · Good (2019) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.