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Dovecot Primary School

  • 2–11Ages
  • 192Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 130296URN

Grant Road, Liverpool, L14 0LH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jul 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.0per place
0.6 below Liverpool median (1.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Liverpool

27 applications for 26 places · 104th of 104 in Liverpool
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
25%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 7 July 2026Published 23 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 7 July 2026
    Report card · 3 Expected standard, 4 Needs attention
  2. 6 June 2024
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.0applications per place, Reception
0.6 below Liverpool median (1.6) 1.1 below England median (2.2)

27 applications · 26 places offered · 17 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 1.0; Liverpool median median 1.6
  2. 2025 1.0; Liverpool median median 1.6
  3. 2024 1.5; Liverpool median median 1.8
  4. 2023 1.3; Liverpool median median 1.6
  5. 2022 1.5; Liverpool median median 1.6
  6. 2021 1.1; Liverpool median median 1.6
  7. 2020 2.0; Liverpool median median 1.6
  8. 2019 1.0; Liverpool median median 1.5
  9. 2018 1.3; Liverpool median median 1.6
  10. 2017 1.1; Liverpool median median 1.6
  11. 2016 1.3; Liverpool median median 1.6
  12. 2015 1.2; Liverpool median median 1.6
  13. 2014 1.1; Liverpool median median 1.6
More applications per place than the Liverpool median in 1 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Liverpool median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202626271.0170.65
Sep 202519191.0140.74
Sep 202422321.5180.82
Sep 202315191.3130.87
Sep 202215221.5120.80
Sep 202120221.1140.70
Sep 202010202.090.90
Sep 201921211.090.43
Sep 20189121.380.89
Sep 201719211.170.37
Sep 201626341.3230.88
Sep 201516191.2100.63
Sep 201416171.1130.81

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 33% · Writing 42% · Maths 38% → all three 25% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard25%98th of 103 in Liverpool
Reading
Expected standard33%
Higher standard8%
Average scaled score 98 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard42%
Greater depth0%
Maths
Expected standard38%
Higher standard0%
Average scaled score 98 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Liverpool median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2525%0%9898
2023/2450%5%103105
2022/2322%0%9697

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
130296 · 341/2218
Capacity
236 pupils · 192 on roll
Free school meals
58.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 April 1995
Address
Grant Road, Liverpool, L14 0LH
Local authority
Liverpool

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources