Dovery Academy
Academy sponsor ledPrimaryAges 3–9Mixed
Heath Road, Dovery Academy, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3AG
Headteacher · Mrs Sarah Cavender
From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 6 October 2026. Report a correction
Key facts
Pupils191Capacity 150
OfstedGraded inspectionInspected 13 May 2025
TrustKnowledge Schools Trust
Free school meals5.7%
Ofsted
Inspection on 13 May 2025. Ofsted no longer gives an overall grade.
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- Early yearsOutstanding
- SafeguardingEffective
Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.
Reception applications close 15 January 2027
For September 2027. Apply through Central Bedfordshire council, not the school. National offer day is 16 April 2027.
How to apply in Central BedfordshireApplications for September 2026
29 of the 53 families who put it first were offered a place.
Places offered29
Applications131
First choice53
First-choice offers29
Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.
Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).
Nearby schools for the same ages
- Heathwood Lower School0.2 mi
- The Rushmere Park Academy0.7 mi
- St Leonards CE Academy1.0 mi
- The Mary Bassett Lower School1.0 mi
- Beaudesert Lower School1.2 mi