Livingstone Primary and Nursery School

Livingstone Primary and Nursery School has achieved an outstanding rating in all areas of its educational provision, demonstrating exceptional performance and effective leadership. The school fosters an inclusive environment where all students, including those with special educational needs, thrive academically and socially. The curriculum is ambitious and well-planned, enabling students to build their knowledge progressively, and the teaching staff are exceptionally well trained, ensuring high-quality instruction across subjects. The school has a strong community feel, with staff and students expressing high levels of satisfaction and well-being.

Strengths

• Exceptional inclusion practices for students with SEND
• Ambitious and well-planned curriculum
• Strong emphasis on reading and phonics across all year groups
• Comprehensive personal development programs including educational visits
• Highly motivated and well-supported teaching staff
• Positive and caring school environment fostering high expectations

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Livingstone Primary and Nursery School attended 95.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Livingstone Primary and Nursery School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Livingstone Primary and Nursery School had 18.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 19.4% of pupils at Livingstone Primary and Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 14.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 18 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Livingstone Primary and Nursery School received £11,091 and spent £11,025 for each of its 248 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £830,000 (£3,347 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Livingstone Primary and Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Livingstone Primary and Nursery School is Outstanding, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Livingstone Primary and Nursery School last inspected by Ofsted?

Livingstone Primary and Nursery School was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Livingstone Primary and Nursery School have?

Livingstone Primary and Nursery School has 258 pupils on roll.

What age range does Livingstone Primary and Nursery School cover?

Livingstone Primary and Nursery School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Livingstone Primary and Nursery School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Livingstone Primary and Nursery School?

Livingstone Primary and Nursery School is at Baring Road, New Barnet, Barnet, Hertfordshire, EN4 9BU.