Livingstone Academy Bournemouth

Livingstone Academy in Bournemouth is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating in its first inspection. The school demonstrates a strong commitment to high aspirations for its pupils, fostering an environment that supports their character development and diverse needs. Notable strengths include the outstanding behaviour of pupils, who display exemplary conduct and engage positively with their learning environment. The school successfully nurtures students, including those with special educational needs and disadvantaged backgrounds, ensuring they thrive both academically and socially.

Strengths

• Outstanding behaviour and attitudes among pupils.
• Strong personal development focus that encourages character growth.
• High-quality teaching that ensures good student achievement.
• Curriculum breadth that prepares pupils for future success.
• Strong support for pupils with SEND and English as an additional language.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent checking of pupils' understanding may hinder knowledge retention.

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 Academy Bournemouth attended 93.1% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 19.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

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, 4.0% of pupils at Livingstone Academy Bournemouth were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 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 Academy Bournemouth had 19.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 45.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

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, 11.7% of pupils at Livingstone Academy Bournemouth were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 6.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

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 secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Livingstone Academy Bournemouth received £8,436 and spent £7,740 for each of its 812 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £41,000 (-£50 per pupil).

Across all 16 schools of Aspirations Academies Trust, income was £8,111 and spending £8,266 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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Livingstone Academy Bournemouth is part of Aspirations Academies Trust, which runs 16 schools. The nearest others:

• Jewell Academy Bournemouth Bournemouth
• Ocean Academy Poole Poole
• Magna Academy Poole
• Bovington Academy Wareham
• Budmouth Academy Weymouth Weymouth
• Atlantic Academy Portland Portland
• Oak Hill Academy West London Feltham
• Rivers Academy West London Feltham
• Space Studio West London Hounslow
• Oriel Academy West London Feltham

What is Livingstone Academy Bournemouth's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Livingstone Academy Bournemouth is Good, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was Livingstone Academy Bournemouth last inspected by Ofsted?

Livingstone Academy Bournemouth was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Livingstone Academy Bournemouth have?

Livingstone Academy Bournemouth has 1,006 pupils on roll.

What age range does Livingstone Academy Bournemouth cover?

Livingstone Academy Bournemouth for pupils aged 4 to 19.

What are Livingstone Academy Bournemouth's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 44.0, and 42% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Livingstone Academy Bournemouth?

Livingstone Academy Bournemouth is at Madeira Road, Bournemouth, BH1 1PA.