Dovedale Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Liverpool
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.693 miles
Published by Liverpool City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Dovedale Community Primary School is a primary school in Liverpool for ages 4–11 (community school). Liverpool has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Dovedale Community 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 | 0.693 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception in 2026 the last child offered a place lived 0.693 miles away, the 5th shortest of 14 Liverpool primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception in 2026 had 117 first-choice applications for 120 offers; 103 offers went to first-choice families and 14 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 66% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 11% the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Herondale Road, Liverpool, L18 1JX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Liverpool
- Pupils on roll
- 839 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 18 November 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to be a part of Dovedale Primary.”
- “They arrive at school eager to see what the day ahead holds.”
- “Pupils are keen to support one another.”
To improve
- “However, over time, pupils’ attainment in mathematics, although exceeding national attainment measures, has not been as high as in other subjects.”
- “However, on occasion, staff do not step in quickly enough to draw children into purposeful conversation or play.”
- “This means a small number of children miss opportunities to deepen their learning or develop their communication skills.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 January 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) | 66% | 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: 117 first-preference applications, 120 offers in total, 103 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.
- St Anthony of Padua Catholic Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Greenbank Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Mosspits Lane Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Our Lady's Bishop Eton Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Wavertree Church of England School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Clare's Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- King David Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Our Lady of Good Help Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published