Dovecot Primary School
Grant Road, Liverpool, L14 0LH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head teacher
- Mrs Karen Barr
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Liverpool West Derby
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 236
- Pupils on roll
- 192
- URN
- 130296
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01512594065
About this school
Dovecot Primary School is a community primary school in Liverpool. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 192 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Dovecot Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 32 | 22 | 24 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 22% | 50% | 25% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 5% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 25% | 64% | 33% |
| Expected standard in maths | 41% | 77% | 38% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 44% | 82% | 50% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 96.0 | 103.0 | 98.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 97.0 | 105.0 | 98.0 |
| Reading progress | -6.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.30 | - | - |
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 Dovecot 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 | Liverpool average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 22% | 52.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 25% | 55.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 191 |
| 2023/24 | 179 |
| 2024/25 | 189 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Dovecot Primary School compares
Dovecot Primary School ranked 102nd of 107 primary schools in Liverpool for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 6% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 25% | 7.1% | 65.5% | 192 | — |
| Roby Park Primary School | 64% | 7.4% | 50.5% | 234 | 0.1 miles |
| St Margaret Mary's Catholic Infant School | — | 6.5% | 33.2% | 375 | 0.3 miles |
| St Margaret Mary's Catholic Junior School | 76% | 5.6% | 37% | 457 | 0.4 miles |
| Blueberry Park | 45% | 7.5% | 51.9% | 319 | 0.6 miles |
| Malvern Primary School | 80% | 4.6% | 22% | 486 | 0.6 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)
- 65.48%
- English as an additional language
- 21.2%
- Overall absence
- 7.08%
- Persistent absence
- 25.16%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Roby Park Primary School0.1 miles
Primary · Knowsley
-
St Margaret Mary's Catholic Infant School0.3 miles
Primary · Liverpool
-
St Margaret Mary's Catholic Junior School0.4 miles
Primary · Liverpool
-
Blueberry Park0.6 miles
Primary · Liverpool
-
Malvern Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Liverpool
Other schools in Liverpool
Dovecot Primary School ranks 171st of the 176 ranked primary schools in Liverpool.
- Aintree Davenhill Primary School Primary
- All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Anfield Road Primary School Primary
- Arnot St Mary CofE Primary School Primary
- Banks Road Primary School Primary
- Barlows Primary School Primary
- Bedford Primary School Primary
- Belle Vale Community Primary School Primary
- Bishop Martin Church of England Primary School, Woolton Primary
- Blacklow Brow School Primary
- Blackmoor Park Infants' School Primary
- Blackmoor Park Junior School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Dovecot Primary School teach?
- Dovecot Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Liverpool.
- Who is the head teacher of Dovecot Primary School?
- The head teacher of Dovecot Primary School is Mrs Karen Barr, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Dovecot Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Dovecot Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Dovecot Primary School?
- Dovecot Primary School has 192 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Dovecot Primary School full?
- Dovecot Primary School has capacity for 236 pupils and 192 on roll (81%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Dovecot Primary School a faith school?
- No. Dovecot Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Dovecot Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Dovecot Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Dovecot Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 22% in 2022/23 and 25% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Dovecot Primary School compare with other schools in Liverpool?
- Dovecot Primary School ranked 102nd of 107 primary schools in Liverpool for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 6% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Dovecot Primary School's absence rate?
- Dovecot Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Dovecot Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Dovecot 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 30 June 2026.