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Dovecot Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Community school
Grant Road, Liverpool L14 0LH · dovecotprimary.co.uk · 0151 259 4065
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jul 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 25%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Liverpool 57%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 192
- 81% of 236 places
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 58.7%
- First language not English
- 21.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 17 families put the school first and 26 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 26 | 17 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 19 | 14 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 22 | 18 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 15 | 13 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 15 | 12 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 25% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Liverpool it was 57%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼25% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼98 | 106 | ||
| ▼98 | 105 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Dovecot Primary School on 7 July 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Needs attention
- Inspected
- 7 Jul 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jun 2024
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jun 2024Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Feb 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Jul 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Oct 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good
What parents said
75% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (28 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 75%
- Replies
- 28
- 16% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 82% who raised concerns
based on the 46% who had a child bullied