Primary
Dovedale Community Primary School
Herondale Road, Liverpool, L18 1JX
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 839 of 840 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.3
- Local authority
- Liverpool
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 34.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 56.3
- Pupils per adult
- 14.8
- Pupils
- 835
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected November 2025
- AchievementExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
- Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
- Early yearsExpected standard
- InclusionStrong standard
- Leadership and governanceStrong standard
- Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
March 2024
Ungraded inspection
Good
Read the report (opens in a new tab)March 2018
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
SATs results
66%
6 points above the Liverpool average (60% across 173 schools)
107.0
2.1 above the Liverpool average (104.9 across 173 schools)
73rd of 173 by our score, among the primary schools in Liverpool we can score - 193 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 104 |
| Average reading score | 107 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 66% |
| Working at a higher standard | 11% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 70% |
| 23/24 | 71% |
| 24/25 | 66% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 107.0 |
| 23/24 | 107.0 |
| 24/25 | 107.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 106.0 |
| 23/24 | 104.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
Herondale Road, Liverpool, L18 1JX
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Liverpool admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Head Teacher
- Nik Smith
- Address
- Herondale Road, Liverpool, L18 1JX
- Telephone
- 01517334232