Dovecotes Primary School

Living And Learning Together

Dovecotes is an average sized primary school where the proportion of pupils supported by pupil premium funding is more than double the national average. The proportion of pupils from minority ethnic backgrounds is well above average and pupils with special educational needs supported through school action, school action plus and those with statements is above average. In the last two years the demographics of the school community has changed considerably with a greater number of pupils entering the school at the very earliest stages of learning English and the stability of the school population has decreased considerably.