Dovecotes Primary School
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Wolverhampton, WV8 1TX
- Distance
- 0.0km away
Dovecotes Primary School
Ryefield, Dovecotes Estate, Wolverhampton, WV8 1TX
Primary
Phase
298
Capacity
2-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
School history and successor
Closed on 31 August 2025 and continues as Dovecotes Primary School (URN 151992) (opened 1 September 2025). Its page carries this history forward.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 72.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 13.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 78.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 85.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 106.0
- Cohort Size
- 46
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 289
- Boys
- 152 (53%)
- Girls
- 137 (47%)
- Capacity
- 298 (97% full)
- SEND
- 15.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 56.5%
- EAL
- 32.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.4%
- SEN Support
- 14.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 21.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 12.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,991/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 15.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 37.7%
- Black African: 14.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 8.0%
- Asian Indian: 7.6%
- Asian Pakistani: 6.2%
- White Other: 5.9%
- Black Caribbean: 4.5%
- Asian Other: 4.2%
37.7%
White British
14.9%
Black African
8.0%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Ryefield
Wolverhampton, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 104350
- UKPRN
- 10073145
- Establishment No.
- 2111
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