Primary school in Wolverhampton
Dovecotes Primary School
Ryefield, Dovecotes Estate, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV8 1TX
Ofsted
Graded Good at its last graded inspection, on 13 June 2023.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 277
- Places
- 298
- How full
- 93% full — 277 of 298 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 135 / 142
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Wolverhampton 003C, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 18%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 28%
- Households owning their home
- 31%
- Households in social housing
- 58%
- Households with no car
- 36%
- Adults economically inactive
- 43%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Yes
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- THE WULFRUNA PARTNERSHIP
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: T Challenor
- Local authority
- Wolverhampton
- Ward
- Oxley
- Constituency
- Wolverhampton West
- URN
- 151992
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Paul's Church of England Aided Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | No grade | 31% | 0.5 mi |
| Palmers Cross Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Good 2024 | 55% | 0.5 mi |
| Rakegate Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | 41% | 0.8 mi |
| Claregate Primary SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 69% | 0.8 mi |
| Birches First SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | — | 0.9 mi |
| Elston Hall Primary SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 71% | 1.2 mi |
| Lane Green First SchoolCommunity school | No grade | — | 1.3 mi |
| SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary Academy & NurseryAcademy converter | No grade | 64% | 1.3 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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