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Livingstone Road Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–7 · Academy
Livingstone Road, Parkstone, Poole BH12 3DT · livingstoneroadinfant.org.uk · 01202 806806
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- May 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2025 entry · Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 199
- 44% of 450 places
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 25.1%
- First language not English
- 26.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2025, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 53 families put the school first and 55 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 55 | 53 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 52 | 48 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 59 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 59 | 54 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 59 | 69 | 1.2▲ | 84% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Livingstone Road Infant School on 6 May 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 6 May 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Nov 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2021Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Dec 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Feb 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
85% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (39 replies, to 5 September 2022).
- Recommend
- 85%
- Replies
- 39
- 16% · 5 Sept 2022
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 28% who had a child bullied