Dove House Academy
Special school in Basingstoke, Hampshire. Standards maintained (Feb 2025).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 24 September 2019, report published 15 October 2019, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
Outstanding overall. The top grade under the previous system. 12% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Outstanding.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Sixth form | Outstanding |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Since then: ungraded inspection
Inspected 5 February 2025, report published 11 March 2025.
Standards maintained
An ungraded inspection is a shorter visit to check that a school is still at the grade it was given at its last full inspection. It doesn’t award a new grade. More about ungraded inspections.
Next inspection: around February 2029
The last inspection was in February 2025. Schools are usually inspected about every four years.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2030 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby special schools
- 0.2 milesMaple Ridge School
Report card, Jun 2026: 7 expected
- 0.6 milesChiltern Way Academy Austen
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Feb 2025)
- 1.6 milesLimington House School
Standards maintained (Apr 2025)
- 1.8 milesSaxon Wood School
Good (May 2023)
- 2.3 milesChiltern Way Academy Basingstoke
Inadequate (Mar 2022) Special measures
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.