Dovedale Community Primary School

State-Funded School

dovedale-community-primary-school-liverpool-north-west

North WestRegion

LiverpoolLocal Authority

Liverpool GarstonConstituency

L18 1JXPostcode

7.0

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Dovedale Community Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Liverpool, North West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 839 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 18 Nov 2025 · published 15 Jan 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 71%
Higher standard: 7%
Reading score: 107
Maths score: 104

Ethnicity

White

78%

Asian

Black

Mixed

11%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

839

Total Pupils

48%Boys

52%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

13%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 839
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good (Improving)

Ungraded inspection on 20 March 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one. Ofsted has scheduled a full graded inspection as a result.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
16 Apr 2018	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.