Dovecotes Primary School
Ryefield, Dovecotes Estate, Wolverhampton, WV8 1TX
This school is closed (it closed in August 2025).
It was replaced by Dovecotes Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Tracy Challenor
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Wolverhampton West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 298
- Pupils on roll
- 289
- URN
- 104350
- Local authority
- Wolverhampton
About this school
Dovecotes Primary School was a community primary school in Wolverhampton. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 289 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Dovecotes Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 44 | 44 | 46 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 73% | 73% | 72% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 11% | 9% | 13% |
| Expected standard in reading | 77% | 89% | 83% |
| Expected standard in maths | 86% | 80% | 83% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 89% | 84% | 85% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.90 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Dovecotes Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Wolverhampton average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 73% | 59% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 73% | 58.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 72% | 60.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 276 |
| 2023/24 | 297 |
| 2024/25 | 289 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Dovecotes Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 71% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 72% | 5.7% | 56.5% | 289 | — |
| Dovecotes Primary School | — | — | — | 277 | 0.0 miles |
| St Paul's Church of England Aided Primary School | 31% | 6% | 41.6% | 222 | 0.5 miles |
| Palmers Cross Primary School | 55% | 5.4% | 34.9% | 223 | 0.5 miles |
| Rakegate Primary School | 41% | 6% | 52.4% | 472 | 0.8 miles |
| Claregate Primary School | 69% | 4.9% | 33.3% | 390 | 0.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 56.47%
- English as an additional language
- 32.2%
- Overall absence
- 5.68%
- Persistent absence
- 15.77%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Dovecotes Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Wolverhampton
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St Paul's Church of England Aided Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Wolverhampton
-
Palmers Cross Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Wolverhampton
-
Rakegate Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Wolverhampton
-
Claregate Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Wolverhampton
Other schools in Wolverhampton
- Albrighton Primary School & Nursery Primary
- All Saints' CofE Primary School Primary
- Bantock Primary School Primary
- Berrybrook Primary School Primary
- Bhylls Acre Primary School Primary
- Birches First School Primary
- Blakeley Heath Primary School Primary
- Bushbury Hill Primary School Primary
- Bushbury Lane Academy Primary
- Castlecroft Primary School Primary
- Christ Church (Church of England) Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Christ Church (Church of England) Junior School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Dovecotes Primary School teach?
- Dovecotes Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Wolverhampton.
- Has Dovecotes Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Dovecotes Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Dovecotes Primary School?
- Dovecotes Primary School had 289 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Dovecotes Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 73% in 2022/23 and 72% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Dovecotes Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Dovecotes Primary School'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 31 August 2025.