Established 1908 Head Teacher Nik Smith DfE URN 141960 Tables Founded 1908 | Type Primary DfE number 341/2036 Phone +44 151 733 4232 | |
Location Herondale RoadLiverpoolMerseysideL18 1JXEngland Similar Dovedale Infant School, Greenbank Primary School, Mosspits Lane Primary S, Sudley Junior School, Sudley Infant School Profiles | ||
Dovedale Primary School is a primary school situated on Herondale Road in the Mossley Hill district of Liverpool, England. It is a mixed community school founded in 1908.
The school was previously known as two separate schools Dovedale Junior School and Dovedale Infant School but has since merged. It is Dovedale Primary which is probably best known as the school which George Harrison and John Lennon of The Beatles, and Lennon's lifelong pal Pete Shotton and also comedian Jimmy Tarbuck attended. In the 1950s it had a very good reputation as a 'feeder' school for Liverpool grammar schools such as Quarry Bank High School, Liverpool Institute for Boys and the Liverpool Blue Coat School.
In 2001, John Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, donated £25,000 for school refurbishments.
In September 2015 the two schools formally merged management, and are now recognised as a single school by the Department for Education, known as Dovedale Primary School.