Dovecot Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Liverpool
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Liverpool City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Dovecot Primary School is a primary school in Liverpool for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 6 June 2024. Liverpool has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Dovecot Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 25% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Ofsted's latest outcome was Requires improvement (6 June 2024); of the 8 nearest primary schools in Liverpool, 3 are Good and 5 have no current grade.
- Reception 2026 had 17 first-choice applications for 26 offers, 0.7 first choices per offer, the 2nd lowest of 106 Liverpool primary schools; every applicant was offered a place.
- Some 54.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 28.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Liverpool.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Liverpool schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Grant Road, Liverpool, L14 0LH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Liverpool
- Pupils on roll
- 192 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 54.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 6 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils benefit from the broad curriculum provided by the school.”
- “They enjoy learning and talk with understanding and enthusiasm about the things they have learned.”
- “Pupils learn to read and benefit from the wide range of books available.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils do not attend as often as they should and some pupils arrive late.”
- “As a result, they miss important learning and fall behind.”
- “Some pupils have gaps in their learning, which means that they are not as well prepared for the next stage of their education as they should be.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 September 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 25% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 17 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 17 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Liverpool.
- Blueberry Park 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Knotty Ash Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Paschal Baylon Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Blackmoor Park Junior School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Childwall Valley Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Blackmoor Park Infants' School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rudston Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published