Livingstone Road Junior School

Livingstone Road Junior School is demonstrating a strong overall performance, significantly enhanced by effective leadership and a commitment to inclusivity. The school has successfully improved attendance, particularly for disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). The culture of safeguarding is robust, ensuring that pupils feel safe and valued. However, despite these strengths, the school faces challenges in academic achievement with Year 6 outcomes in reading, writing, and mathematics being below national averages for an extended period. The efforts to improve these outcomes are ongoing, with new strategies being implemented in teaching and curriculum design.

Strengths

• Strong attendance improvements, now aligned with national averages.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND, leading to improved outcomes.
• High levels of inclusivity and positive school culture.
• Strong pastoral care fostering students' mental health and wellbeing.
• Engagement with families to address barriers to attendance.

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils' outcomes in Year 6 national tests in core subjects are below national averages.
• Some students lack fluency in essential skills in reading and mathematics.
• Inconsistent impact of new teaching strategies across the curriculum.

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 Road Junior School attended 93.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.5% 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, 6.8% of pupils at Livingstone Road Junior School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). 2 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 Road Junior School had 21.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 23.2% 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, 14.7% of pupils at Livingstone Road Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

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 2024–25 Livingstone Road Junior School received £7,144 and spent £7,109 for each of its 221 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £188,000 (£851 per pupil).

Across all 36 schools of Hamwic Education Trust, income was £7,058 and spending £7,015 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Poole · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local authority: places and applications

Livingstone Road Junior School is part of Hamwic Education Trust, which runs 36 schools. The nearest others:

• Livingstone Road Infant School Poole
• Bishop Aldhelm's Church of England Primary School Poole
• Talbot Primary School Poole
• Hillbourne Primary School Poole
• Bearwood Primary and Nursery School Bournemouth
• Hamworthy Park Junior School Poole
• Twin Sails Infant and Nursery School Poole
• Springdale First School Broadstone
• Hampreston Church of England Voluntary Aided First School Wimborne
• Upton Infant School Poole

What is Livingstone Road Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Livingstone Road Junior School is Needs attention, from an inspection in March 2026.

When was Livingstone Road Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Livingstone Road Junior School was last inspected in March 2026.

How many pupils does Livingstone Road Junior School have?

Livingstone Road Junior School has 204 pupils on roll.

What age range does Livingstone Road Junior School cover?

Livingstone Road Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Livingstone Road Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 52% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Livingstone Road Junior School?

Livingstone Road Junior School is at Livingstone Road, Parkstone, Poole, Dorset, BH12 3DX.